Abstract
Smooth and selective: Upon photoirradiation, bis(3-alkenyl-2-thienyl) acetylenes smoothly and selectively undergo double 5-exo-dig cyclization to produce a series of thiophene-fused pentafulvalenes with various aryl substituents. In this fused π-conjugated skeleton, the fused thiophene rings and the aryl substituents significantly modulate the electronic structure of the pentafulvalene skeleton.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 10519-10523 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 40 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 27 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- cyclization
- pentafulvalene
- photoreaction
- redox properties
- π conjugation