Preparation of a Rigid and Nearly Coplanar Bis-tetracene Dimer through an Application of the CANAL Reaction

Ethan G. Miller, Madhu Singh, Sean Parkin, Tarek Sammakia, Niels H. Damrauer

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Abstract

A rigid tetracene dimer with a substantial interchromophore distance has been prepared through an application of the recently developed catalytic arene-norbornene annulation (CANAL) reaction. An iterative cycloaddition route was found to be unsuccessful, so a shorter route was adopted whereby fragments were coupled in the penultimate step to form a 13:1 mixture of two diastereomers, the major of which was isolated and crystallized. Constituent tetracene moieties are linked with a rigid, well-defined bridge and feature a near-co-planar mutual orientation of the acenes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12251-12256
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Organic Chemistry
Volume88
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2023

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