Combining furan annulation, heck reaction, and Sonogashira coupling for the synthesis of oligoaryls.
[structure: see text] A variety of benzene-furan-alkene/alkyne conjugated oligomers of precise length and constitution were synthesized iteratively by combining furan annulation, Heck reaction, and Sonogashira coupling.
Liu
Ching-Yuan
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Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 106, and Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 115.
Luh
Tien-Yau
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