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DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1259321
Synthesis of Substituted Linear Ter- and Quaterphenyls via Dewar Benzenes
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Publication Date:
13 January 2011 (online)
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Abstract
Tetramethylcyclobutadiene-AlCl3 complex reacted with bisalkynes possessing phenylene and biphenylene spacer giving rise to mono- and bis-Dewar benzenes. The rearrangement of the bis-Dewar benzene derivatives under thermal conditions (150 ˚C) yielded the corresponding linear ter- and quaterphenyl compounds possessing substituted terminal benzene rings. A mixture of an alkynylbiphenyl and a terphenyl was also obtained by the reaction of tetramethylzirconacyclopentadiene with bisalkynylbenzene in 13% combined yield.
Key words
Dewar benzene - alkynes - cyclobutadiene - polycycles - metallacycles
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