Synthesis, Table of Contents SHORTPAPER © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York The First Synthesis of Bis-Fused 1,10-Phenanthrolines via Double Photocyclization of N,N-Disubstituted o-Phenylenediamine Tarek Abou Elmaaty, Lyle W. Castle*Chemistry Department, Idaho State University, Campus Box 8023, Pocatello, ID 83209, USAFax: +1(208)2824373; e-Mail: castlyle@isu.edu; Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article All articles of this category Abstract Bis[1]benzothieno[2,3-c;3′,2′-i][1,10]phenanthroline was prepared in four steps starting from o-phenylenediamine with a double photocyclization as the key step to construct the 1,10-phenanthroline moiety. Key words heterocycles - 1,10-phenanthrolines - photocyclization Full Text References References 1a Kalyanasundaram K. Coord. Chem. Rev. 1982, 46: 159 1b Crutchley R. Lever ABP. Inorg. Chem. 1982, 21: 2276 1c Crutchley R. Lever ABP. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1980, 102: 7129 1d Balazani V. Scandola F. Supramolecular Photochemistry Ellis Horwood; England: 1991. p.161-190 1e Sauvage J.-P. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 1993, 32: 1434 2a Halverson AP. Castle LW. Castle RN. J. Heterocycl. Chem. 1996, 33: 179 2b Halverson AP. Castle LW. J. Heterocycl. Chem. 1996, 33: 727 2c Halverson AP. Castle LW. J. Heterocycl. Chem. 1996, 33: 119 3 Gulevskaya AV. Serduke OV. Pozharskii AF. Besedin DV. Tetrahedron Lett. 2003, 39: 7669
