A Novel “Double-Coupling” Strategy for Iterative Oligothiophene Synthesis Using Orthogonal Si/Ge Protection
作者:Alan C. Spivey、David J. Turner、Michael L. Turner、Stephen Yeates
DOI:10.1021/ol025879x
日期:2002.5.1
[GRAPHICS]A new iterative synthesis of regioregular oligothiophenes has been developed in which "double-coupling" after each iteration minimizes deletion sequences. The method exploits the susceptibility of alpha-silyl- but not alpha-germyl-substituted thiophene derivatives toward nucleophilic ipso-protodemetalation and features an unusual "base-free" Suzuki-type cross-coupling protocol. The strategy has been designed for the solid-phase synthesis of high purity oligothiophenes using a germanium-based linker.