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Aromatic Metamorphosis of Dibenzofurans into Triphenylenes Starting with Nickel-Catalyzed Ring-Opening C-O Arylation
Kurata, Yuto,Otsuka, Shinya,Fukui, Norihito,Nogi, Keisuke,Yorimitsu, Hideki,Osuka, Atsuhiro
supporting information, p. 1274 - 1277 (2017/03/22)
A new class of aromatic metamorphosis has been developed in which dibenzofurans were converted into triphenylenes. This transformation is composed of three successive operations: (1) nickel-catalyzed ring-opening C-O bond arylation with arylmagnesium bromides, (2) trifluoromethanesulfonylation (triflation) of the resulting hydroxy moiety with Tf2O, and (3) palladium-catalyzed or photoinduced ring closure. In the last ring-closing step, the photoinduced process has proven to be more productive than the palladium-catalyzed one. By employing π-extended dinaphthofuran as the substrate, dorsally benzo-fused [5]helicene was obtained in a satisfactory yield.
Palladium-Assisted "Aromatic Metamorphosis" of Dibenzothiophenes into Triphenylenes
Vasu, Dhananjayan,Yorimitsu, Hideki,Osuka, Atsuhiro
, p. 7162 - 7166 (2015/06/08)
Abstract Two new palladium-catalyzed reactions of aromatic sulfur compounds enabled the conversion of dibenzothiophenes into triphenylenes in four steps. This transformation of one aromatic framework into another consists of 1) 4-chlorobutylation of the dibenzothiophene to form the corresponding sulfonium salt, 2) palladium-catalyzed arylative ring opening of the sulfonium salt with a sodium tetraarylborate, 3) an intramolecular SN2 reaction to form a teraryl sulfonium salt, and 4) palladium-catalyzed intramolecular C-S/C-H coupling through electrophilic palladation. Symmetrical as well as unsymmetrical triphenylenes of interest were synthesized in a tailor-made fashion in satisfactory overall yields. A change of heart: The invention of two palladium-catalyzed arylation reactions of organosulfur compounds enabled the transformation of dibenzothiophenes into triphenylenes and thus a fundamental change in the core aromatic structure (see scheme). Both symmetrical and unsymmetrical triphenylenes were synthesized in a tailor-made fashion in satisfactory overall yield.