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Nonplanar Tub-Shaped Benzocyclooctatetraenes via Halogen-Radical Ring Opening of Dihydrobiphenylenes
Bello-Garciá, Jesús,Padín, Damián,Saá, Carlos,Varela, Jesús A.
supporting information, p. 5539 - 5544 (2021/07/26)
A novel tandem Ru-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloaddition of arylenynes to dihydrobiphenylenes followed by halogen-radical ring opening has been developed for the construction of tub-shaped halogenated benzocyclooctatetraenes (bCOT's). Cross-couplings and Diels-Alder reactions of the brominated bCOT's allow the formation of the corresponding eight-membered ring-fused PAH's. The halogen-radical ring opening probably occurs via a selective formation of a bis-allyl radical at the 1,3-cyclohexadiene moiety, halogenation at the bridgehead carbon, and finally electrocyclic ring opening.
Dihydrobiphenylenes through ruthenium-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloadditions of ortho-alkenylarylacetylenes with alkynes
Garcia-Rubin, Silvia,Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Carlos,Garcia-Yebra, Cristina,Varela, Jesus A.,Esteruelas, Miguel A.,Saa, Carlos
, p. 1841 - 1844 (2014/03/21)
A new synthetic route to dihydrobiphenylenes has been developed. The process involves a mild RuII-catalyzed [2+2+2] dimerization of ortho-alkenylarylacetylenes or its more versatile variant, the Ru-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloaddition of ortho-ethynylstyrenes with alkynes. Mechanistic aspects of this [2+2+2] cycloaddition are discussed. A new synthetic route to dihydrobiphenylenes involves a mild RuII-catalyzed [2+2+2] dimerization of ortho-alkenylarylacetylenes or its more versatile variant, the Ru-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloaddition of ortho-ethynylstyrenes with alkynes. The mechanistic aspects of this [2+2+2] cycloaddition are also discussed. Copyright
