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Synfacts 2008(10): 1049-1049  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1078044
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Substituted Anthracenes

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Jeewoo Lim
P. Kissel, F. Weibel, L. Federer, J. Sakamoto*, A. D. Schlüter*
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
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22 September 2008 (online)

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Anthracene and its derivatives are widely used in the field of organic materials chemistry as dyes, sensors, switches, and starting materials. The authors report a scalable method (10 gram scale and higher) for preparing anthracenes with functional handles (triflates) at 1- and 8-positions. They demonstrate that the two triflate moieties can be modified in sequence to yield ortho­gonally protected diacetylene.