Anionic sigmatropic-electrocyclic-Chugaev cascades: accessing 12-aryl-5-(methylthiocarbonylthio)tetracenes and a related anthra[2,3-b]thiophene

1,4-Diols resulting from the double addition of ArCCLi (Ar = Ph, substituted phenyl, 2-thienyl) to ortho-C6H4(CHO)2 undergo cascades to tetracenes on simple admixture of LiHDMS, CS2 and MeI. Acene formation proceeds by [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of xanthate anions followed by 6π electrocyclisat...

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Main Authors: Burroughs, Laurence, Ritchie, John, Ngwenya, Mkhethwa, Khan, Dilfaraz, Lewis, William, Woodward, Simon
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author Burroughs, Laurence
Ritchie, John
Ngwenya, Mkhethwa
Khan, Dilfaraz
Lewis, William
Woodward, Simon
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Ritchie, John
Ngwenya, Mkhethwa
Khan, Dilfaraz
Lewis, William
Woodward, Simon
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description 1,4-Diols resulting from the double addition of ArCCLi (Ar = Ph, substituted phenyl, 2-thienyl) to ortho-C6H4(CHO)2 undergo cascades to tetracenes on simple admixture of LiHDMS, CS2 and MeI. Acene formation proceeds by [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of xanthate anions followed by 6π electrocyclisations. The reactions are terminated by E2 or anionic Chugaev-type eliminations. Structural packing motifs and electronic properties are reported for the tetracenes.
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spelling nottingham-466412020-05-04T17:02:17Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46641/ Anionic sigmatropic-electrocyclic-Chugaev cascades: accessing 12-aryl-5-(methylthiocarbonylthio)tetracenes and a related anthra[2,3-b]thiophene Burroughs, Laurence Ritchie, John Ngwenya, Mkhethwa Khan, Dilfaraz Lewis, William Woodward, Simon 1,4-Diols resulting from the double addition of ArCCLi (Ar = Ph, substituted phenyl, 2-thienyl) to ortho-C6H4(CHO)2 undergo cascades to tetracenes on simple admixture of LiHDMS, CS2 and MeI. Acene formation proceeds by [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of xanthate anions followed by 6π electrocyclisations. The reactions are terminated by E2 or anionic Chugaev-type eliminations. Structural packing motifs and electronic properties are reported for the tetracenes. Beilstein-Institut 2015-02-20 Article PeerReviewed Burroughs, Laurence, Ritchie, John, Ngwenya, Mkhethwa, Khan, Dilfaraz, Lewis, William and Woodward, Simon (2015) Anionic sigmatropic-electrocyclic-Chugaev cascades: accessing 12-aryl-5-(methylthiocarbonylthio)tetracenes and a related anthra[2,3-b]thiophene. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 11 . pp. 273-279. ISSN 1860-5397 allenes; anionic Chugaev rearrangement; anionic sigmatropic rearrangement; tetracene properties; X-ray structures http://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/articles/11/31 doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.31 doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.31
spellingShingle allenes; anionic Chugaev rearrangement; anionic sigmatropic rearrangement; tetracene properties; X-ray structures
Burroughs, Laurence
Ritchie, John
Ngwenya, Mkhethwa
Khan, Dilfaraz
Lewis, William
Woodward, Simon
Anionic sigmatropic-electrocyclic-Chugaev cascades: accessing 12-aryl-5-(methylthiocarbonylthio)tetracenes and a related anthra[2,3-b]thiophene
title Anionic sigmatropic-electrocyclic-Chugaev cascades: accessing 12-aryl-5-(methylthiocarbonylthio)tetracenes and a related anthra[2,3-b]thiophene
title_full Anionic sigmatropic-electrocyclic-Chugaev cascades: accessing 12-aryl-5-(methylthiocarbonylthio)tetracenes and a related anthra[2,3-b]thiophene
title_fullStr Anionic sigmatropic-electrocyclic-Chugaev cascades: accessing 12-aryl-5-(methylthiocarbonylthio)tetracenes and a related anthra[2,3-b]thiophene
title_full_unstemmed Anionic sigmatropic-electrocyclic-Chugaev cascades: accessing 12-aryl-5-(methylthiocarbonylthio)tetracenes and a related anthra[2,3-b]thiophene
title_short Anionic sigmatropic-electrocyclic-Chugaev cascades: accessing 12-aryl-5-(methylthiocarbonylthio)tetracenes and a related anthra[2,3-b]thiophene
title_sort anionic sigmatropic-electrocyclic-chugaev cascades: accessing 12-aryl-5-(methylthiocarbonylthio)tetracenes and a related anthra[2,3-b]thiophene
topic allenes; anionic Chugaev rearrangement; anionic sigmatropic rearrangement; tetracene properties; X-ray structures
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