Synthesis of Useful Benzocyclobutene Building Blocks via the Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling Reaction

Abstract

A general and simple methodology for 3,6-diaryl benzocyclobutene (BCB) derivatives is reported using the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction as a key step. Some of these building blocks are useful for the synthesis of a variety of BCB-based polymers.

Key words

boron - coupling - cycloadditions - polymers - palladium

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A portion of the work has been presented: Kotha, S.; Chakraborty, K.; Ganesh, T.; Halder, S.; Sreenivasachary, N. Boronic Acids in Organic Synthesis, Presented at the 2nd National Symposium in Chemistry, IICT, Hyderabad, January 2000