A facile synthesis of dithieno[3,2-b:6,7-b]fluorenes via a tandem annulation-reduction

Xiaoli Xiong, Qiancai Liu*, Jun Zhang, Min Zhu, Yanmei Wang, Shiming Deng

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Abstract

A concise and facile synthesis of 2,8-disubstituted dithieno[3,2-b:6,7-b] fluorenes starting from 2,7-dihydroxyfluorenone is reported. The key step involved is the tandem annulation-reduction of a 3,6-dichloro-2,7-di(alkynyl) fluorenone using Na2S·9H2O as a sulfur surrogate and reductant. The final dithiophene-fused fluorenes are obtained in reasonable yields (23-43%).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)17707-17711
Number of pages5
JournalRSC Advances
Volume3
Issue number39
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Oct 2013

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