Synlett 2015; 26(11): 1615-1619
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1380714
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Selective and Gram-Scale Synthesis of [6]Cycloparaphenylene

Eiichi Kayahara
a   Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
b   CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Tokyo 102-3531, Japan
,
Vijay Kumar Patel
a   Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
b   CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Tokyo 102-3531, Japan
,
Jianlong Xia
c   School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, P. R. of China
,
Ramesh Jasti
d   Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Materials Science Institute 1253, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA   Email: yamago@scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp
,
Shigeru Yamago*
a   Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
b   CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Tokyo 102-3531, Japan
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Publication History

Received: 12 March 2015

Accepted after revision: 14 April 2015

Publication Date:
20 May 2015 (online)


Dedicated to Professor Peter Vollhardt on the occasion of his 69th birthday

Abstract

A selective, practical, and large-scale synthesis of [6]cycloparaphenylene, the second smallest cycloparaphenylene to be synthesized, was achieved in nine steps starting from commercially available 1,4-dibromobenzene and 4′-bromobiphenyl-4-ol. The key intermediate, cis-1,4-(4-bromophenyl)-1,4-bis(triethylsiloxy)cyclohexa-2,5-diene, was prepared on a large scale (>20 g) and was selectively dimerized to form a cyclic precursor of [6]cycloparaphenylene by platinum-mediated assembly and subsequent reductive elimination. Deprotection of the triethylsilyl group and subsequent tetrachlorostannic acid (H2SnCl4)-mediated reductive aromatization gave [6]cycloparaphenylene in 23% overall yield from the commercially available substrates on gram scale.

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