Synthesis of Substituted Linear
Ter- and Quaterphenyls via Dewar Benzenes

Štěpánka Janková; Simona Hybelbauerová; Martin Kotora

doi:10.1055/s-0030-1259321

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Synthesis of Substituted Linear Ter- and Quaterphenyls via Dewar Benzenes

Štěpánka Janková^a, Simona Hybelbauerová^b, Martin Kotora*^a,c
^a Department of Organic and Nuclear Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, 128 43 Praha 2, Czech Republic
Fax: +420(221)951324; e-Mail: kotora@natur.cuni.cz;
^b Department of Teaching and Didactics of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Albertov 3, 128 43 Praha 2, Czech Republic
^c Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Praha 6, Czech Republic

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Tetramethylcyclobutadiene-AlCl₃ complex reacted with bisalkynes possessing phenylene and biphenylene spacer giving rise to mono- and bis-Dewar benzenes. The rearrangement of the bis-Dewar benzene derivatives under thermal conditions (150 ˚C) yielded the corresponding linear ter- and quaterphenyl compounds possessing substituted terminal benzene rings. A mixture of an alkynylbiphenyl and a terphenyl was also obtained by the reaction of tetramethylzirconacyclopentadiene with bisalkynylbenzene in 13% combined yield.

Key words

Dewar benzene - alkynes - cyclobutadiene - polycycles - metallacycles

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