Abstract
Diiodo- and bromo, iodo-substituted dibenzopentalenes were obtained by treatment of 5,6,11,12-tetradehydrodibenzo[a,e]cyclooctene with I 2 and IBr, respectively. These dihalo-substituted pentalenes reacted with terminal ethynes in Sonogashira coupling and with arylboronic acid in Suzuki-Miyaura coupling to give a series of phenylethynyl- and/or aryl-substituted pentalenes. Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of the halopentalenes with in situ prepared pentaleneboronic esters provided bis-, tri-, and tetra(dibenzopentalene)s. It was found that these dibenzopentalene oligomers underwent facile electrochemical reduction and exhibited a bathochromic shift in UV-vis absorption spectra because of their expanded π-systems.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3970-3973 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Organic Letters |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 15 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 3 2012 |
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