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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 17707-17711 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | RSC Advances |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 39 |
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| State | Published - 21 Oct 2013 |