A Versatile Route to N,N′-Tetraaryl-Substituted
2,5-Diaminothiophenes

Christoph Heichert; Marion Wrackmeyer; Horst Hartmann

doi:10.1055/s-0030-1260178

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A Versatile Route to N,N′-Tetraaryl-Substituted 2,5-Diaminothiophenes

Christoph Heichert, Marion Wrackmeyer, Horst Hartmann*
Department Chemie, Technische Universität Dresden, George-Bähr-Str. 1, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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By reaction of N,N′-tetraaryl-substituted succinic diamides with Lawesson’s reagent, a series of N,N′-tetraaryl-substituted 2,5-diaminothiophenes was prepared. The N,N′-tetrakis(4-bromophenyl)-2,5-diaminothiophene, thus available, was used as an educt for the synthesis of N,N′-tetrakis(4-diphenylaminophenyl)-2,5-diaminothiophene by reaction with four equivalents of diphenylamine in the presence of palladium as catalyst. Both the N,N′-tetraaryl-substituted 2,5-diaminothiophenes and the N,N′-tetrakis(4-diphenylaminophenyl)-2,5-diaminothiophene can be electrochemically oxidised in a stepwise manner via the corresponding radical cations into relatively stable dications. The latter compounds can also be oxidised into tetracationic species.

Key words

amides - hiophenes - heterocycles - Lawesson’s reagent - oxidation

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