PBr3-Mediated Cyclization of 1,7-Diyn-3,6-bis(propargyl carbonate)s: Synthesis of 5-Bromotetracenes
摘要:
A new and straightforward method for the synthesis of 5-bromotetracenes through PBr3-mediated cyclization of 1,7-diyn-3,6-bis(propargyl carbonate)s has been developed. This method offers several advantages such as easily accessible starting materials, high efficiency, and wide functional group compatibility. In addition, chloro- and iodo-substituted tetracenes were also synthesized using appropriate halogenating reagents. The utility of the 5-bromotetracene products has been illustrated by their efficient transformations through various palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions.
Photosensitizing dyes are often used in conjunction with a photoacid generator in holographic recording media. Conventional photosensitizing dyes typically are limited by having an appreciable absorption of light when used in a sufficient concentration, such that the intensity of light decreases significantly with penetration into a recording medium. The present invention discloses a number of new 5-alkynyl substituted napthacene photosensitizing dyes that have low extinction coefficients coupled with good sensitizing properties, such that the problems associated with the photosensitizing dyes absorbing light are significantly reduced.
X-ray structural analysis confirms that the title compound (5-bromo-12-phenylnapthacene, C24H15Br) consists of a tetracene ring system substituted in the 5 position by a Br atom and in the 12 position by a phenyl group. The tetracene portion of the compound is planar to within 0.05 Angstrom, with the substituted phenyl group twisted out of the plane at angles of 108 and 102 degrees for molecules A and B, respectively. The C-C bond lengths of the fused ring system are not identical, and are consistent with simple Pauling bond orders.
STRAUB H.; HAMBRECHT J., SYNTHESIS <SYNT-BF>, 1975, NO 7, 425-426