Tietze Lutz F, Eichhorst Christoph, Hungerland Tim, Steinert Markus
Institut für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 2, 37077 Göttingen (Germany), Fax: (+49) 551-39-9476.
Chemistry. 2014 Sep 22;20(39):12553-8. doi: 10.1002/chem.201402961. Epub 2014 Aug 11.
A fast and efficient palladium-catalyzed fourfold domino Sonogashira/double-carbopalladation/CH-activation reaction that converts simple aromatic systems into complex polycyclic hydrocarbons has been developed. A number of substituted products has thus been prepared in yields up to 89 %. The structural assignment has been confirmed by using single-crystal X-ray crystallography. The products show intriguing fluorescence activity and thus might serve as chemical sensors or fluorescent imaging dyes.