Synthesis of 1,4-diarylfluorenone and 1,4-diarylfluorene

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

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Abstract

A novel synthetic route to 1,4-diarylfluorenone and 1,4-diarylfluorene is presented by starting with ninhydrin. The retro-Diels-Alder cycloaddition was employed as a key step to construct the target fluorenones, while a highly efficient reduction from 1,4-diarylfluorenones to 1,4-diarylfluorenes is developed by using of sodium sulfide nonahydrate as reductant. The final products are confirmed by 1H NMR, 13C NMR and mass spectrometry.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2333-2341
Number of pages9
JournalHeterocycles
Volume87
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

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