title: New synthetic approaches to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their carcinogenic oxidized metabolites: derivatives of benzo[s]picene, benzo[rst]pentaphene, and dibenzo[b,def]chrysene.
abstract: A new synthetic approach to polycyclic aromatic compounds is described that entails in the key steps double Suzuki coupling of PAH bisboronic acid derivatives with o-bromoaryl aldehydes to furnish aryl dialdehydes that are converted to larger polycyclic aromatic ring systems by either (a) conversion to diolefins by Wittig reaction followed by photocyclization or (b) reductive cyclization with triflic acid and 1,3-propanediol. This synthetic method provides convenient access to as many as three different polycyclic aromatic ring systems from a single Suzuki coupled intermediate. It was utilized to synthesize substituted derivatives of benzo[s]picene, benzo[rst]pentaphene, dibenzo[b,def]chrysene, and 13,14-dihydro-benz[g]indeno[2,1-a]fluorene, as well as the putative carcinogenic bisdihydrodiol metabolites of benzo[s]picene, benzo[rst]pentaphene, and dibenzo[b,def]chrysene.
authors.affiliation: Ben May Institute for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cortez
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Harvey
mesh_terms: D001580:Benzopyrenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002911:Chrysenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D001580:Benzopyrenes; D002273:Carcinogens; D002911:Chrysenes; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; C021146:dibenzo(a,i)pyrene; C056699:picene; C041517:dibenzo(a,l)pyrene