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Cover Picture: Oxidative Cyclization Reaction of 2‐Aryl‐Substituted Cinnamates To Form Phenanthrene Carboxylates by Using MoCl 5 (Chem. Eur. J. 39/2014)
Author(s) -
Wehming Kathrin,
Schubert Moritz,
Schnakenburg Gregor,
Waldvogel Siegfried R.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201490162
Subject(s) - cinnamates , aryl , chemistry , reagent , phenanthrene , oxidative coupling of methane , oxidative phosphorylation , organic chemistry , medicinal chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , catalysis , biochemistry , alkyl
MoCl 5 is an inexpensive but powerful and fast‐reacting reagent for the oxidative coupling of aryls. The high rate for CC bond formation tolerates a variety of substituents that are not compatible with other reagents. The oxidative cyclization reaction of 2‐aryl‐substituted cinnamates with MoCl 5 introduced by S. Waldvogel and co‐workers in their Full Paper on page 12463 ff. simplifies the access to phenanthrene carboxylates tremendously.