Issue 5, 2015
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Organic Chemistry Frontiers

A divergent synthesis of 3,10-dialkylpicenes†‡

Xi-Chao Chen,a   Shuhei Nishinaga,a   Yasuhiro Okuda,a   Jia-Ji Zhao,a   Jie Xu,a   Hiroki Moria  and  Yasushi Nishihara*ab  

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a Division of Earth, Life, and Molecular Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushimanaka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
E-mail: ynishiha@okayama-u.ac.jp

b ACT-C, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan

Abstract

A series of 3,10-dialkylated picenes has been synthesized from 3,10-dimethoxypicene through a divergent approach involving Ni-catalyzed alkynylation of a C–O bond, alkylation, and hydrogenation.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5QO00039D
Article type
Research Article
Submitted
31 Jan 2015
Accepted
13 Mar 2015
First published
16 Mar 2015

Org. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 536-541

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A divergent synthesis of 3,10-dialkylpicenes

X. Chen, S. Nishinaga, Y. Okuda, J. Zhao, J. Xu, H. Mori and Y. Nishihara, Org. Chem. Front., 2015, 2, 536 DOI: 10.1039/C5QO00039D

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