title: Imposing curvature on a polyarene by intramolecular palladium-catalyzed arylation reactions: A simple synthesis of Dibenzo
abstract: Palladium catalysis has been found to offer an effective solution-phase alternative to gas-phase flash vacuum pyrolysis as a method for converting the planar ring system of 7, 10-di(2-bromophenyl)fluoranthene (4) to that of the C(28)H(14) bowl-shaped fullerene fragment dibenzo[a,g]corannulene (5).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467-3860, USA.
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Reisch
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bratcher
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Scott