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Hydroacenes Made Easy by Gold(I) Catalysis
Author(s) -
Dorel Ruth,
McGonigal Paul R.,
Echavarren Antonio M.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201604952
Subject(s) - acene , catalysis , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , materials science , molecule
A novel strategy for the synthesis of partially saturated acene derivatives has been developed based on a Au I ‐catalyzed cyclization of 1,7‐enynes. This method provides straightforward access to stable polycyclic products featuring the backbone of the acene series, up to nonacene.