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Synthesis of spirocyclic diarylfluorenes by one-pot twofold SNAr reactions of diaryl sulfones with diarylmethanes
Bhanuchandra,Yorimitsu, Hideki,Osuka, Atsuhiro
, p. 384 - 387 (2016)
Treatment of dibenzothiophene dioxides with cyclic diarylmethanes in the presence of KN(SiMe3)2 results in the formation of fluorene-based spirocyclic tetraarylmethanes in a single operation. The transformation would proceed via an intermolecular SNAr reaction of the dioxides with cyclic diarylmethylpotassium followed by intramolecular SNAr cyclization. This straightforward strategy provides a wide range of spirocyclic diarylfluorenes including unusual ones that are otherwise difficult to synthesize.