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Chemistry. 2017 Jun 07;23(32):7819-7824. doi: 10.1002/chem.201701170. Epub 2017 May 19.

Straightforward Synthesis of 2- and 2,8-Substituted Tetracenes.

Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)

Simon Woodward, Miriam Ackermann, Saurabh K Ahirwar, Laurence Burroughs, Mary Robert Garrett, John Ritchie, Jonathan Shine, Björk Tyril, Kevin Simpson, Peter Woodward

Affiliations

  1. GSK Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry, Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2TU, UK.
  2. European Thermodynamics Ltd, 8 Priory Business Park, Kibworth, Leicestershire, LE8 0RX, UK).

PMID: 28417523 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201701170

Abstract

A simple regiospecific route to otherwise problematic substituted tetracenes is described. The diverse cores (E)-1,2-Ar

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Keywords: Bradsher cyclization; C−C coupling; acenes; aldehydes; arenes; aromaticity

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