Chemistry Letters, Vol.42, No.10, 1257-1259, 2013
Synthesis of Substituted [6]Phenacenes through Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling of Polyhalobenzene with Alkenylboronates and Sequential Intramolecular Cyclization via C-H Bond Activation
A series of substituted [6]phenacenes were synthesized through the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling and intramolecular double cyclization, using a polyhalobenzene and two different alkenylboronates. This methodology provides a direct route to unsymmetrical [6]phenacenes. The physicochemical properties of four [6]phenacenes were evaluated using UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopies as well as cyclic voltammetry.