Anionic sigmatropic-electrocyclic-Chugaev cascades: accessing 12-aryl-5-(methylthiocarbonylthio)tetracenes and a related anthra[2,3-b]thiophene

Autor: Laurence Burroughs, John Ritchie, Mkhethwa Ngwenya, Dilfaraz Khan, William Lewis, Simon Woodward
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 273-279 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1860-5397
DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.11.31
Popis: 1,4-Diols resulting from the double addition of ArCCLi (Ar = Ph, substituted phenyl, 2-thienyl) to ortho-C6H4(CHO)2 undergo cascades to tetracenes on simple admixture of LiHDMS, CS2 and MeI. Acene formation proceeds by [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of xanthate anions followed by 6π electrocyclisations. The reactions are terminated by E2 or anionic Chugaev-type eliminations. Structural packing motifs and electronic properties are reported for the tetracenes.
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