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Synfacts 2018; 14(09): 0919
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1610621
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon with Embedded Azulene Unit

Authors

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  • Timothy M. Swager

  • Monika Stolar

Konishi A. * Morinaga A. Yasuda M. * Osaka University, Japan
Construction of Polycyclic π-Conjugated Systems Incorporating an Azulene Unit Following the Oxidation of 1,8-Diphenyl-9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)phenanthrene.

Chem. Eur. J. 2018;
24: 8548-8552
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Publication Date:
20 August 2018 (online)

 
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Key words

azulenes - non-alternate hydrocarbons - polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Significance

Incorporation of heptagons and pentagons into a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) core leads to changes in the molecular ­geometry and electronic properties of the original PAH. This report demonstrates the use of silver(I) cations to achieve an efficient synthesis of an azulene-embedded PAH 2, which is a challenging issue that is plagued by limited methodologies.


 

Comment

Two-electron oxidation of the silver(I) ion promoted a three-fold transannulation reaction between the aromatic and acetylene units of 1 resulting in the selectively embedded azulenium cation 2H+ , which could be subsequently deprotonated by trimethylamine to afford the neutral azulene-embedded PAH 2. Compound 2 exhibited a low-energy absorption band featuring characteristics of the non-alternant moiety, along with reversible one-electron redox events for the oxidation or reduction of 2, resulting in tropylium cation or cyclopentadienyl anion scaffolds, respectively.


 

 


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