title: A new suzuki-heck-type coupling cascade: indeno[1,2,3]-annelation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
abstract: Under palladium catalysis, o-bromobenzeneboronic acid can be coupled with 1-bromonaphthalene (6) and with oligocyclic bromoarenes to furnish indeno-annelated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 1-4 and 25 in a single operation in moderate to good yields (27-87%). Alternatively, o-dibromoarenes and 1,2-dibromocycloalkenes can be cross-coupled with 1-naphthaleneboronic acid under the same conditions to yield analogous products (6-87%), and indenocorannulene (19) can be prepared likewise in a single step from pinacol corannuleneboronate (18) (40%).
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische Chemie der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 2, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Hermann A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Wegner
authors.forename: Lawrence T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Meijere