Palladium-catalyzed highly efficient synthesis of tetracenes and pentacenes?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2012-11-01 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC36700A

Abstract

Pd(0)-catalyzed cascade reactions of 1,7-diyn-3,6-bis(propargyl carbonate) with organoboronic acids have been developed, which provide one-pot access to functionalized tetracenes or pentacenes.

Graphical abstract: Palladium-catalyzed highly efficient synthesis of tetracenes and pentacenes
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