title: Facile synthesis and X-ray structure of alkoxy-functionalized dibenzo[fg,op]naphthacenes.
abstract: [structure: see text] 1,3-Bis(2-bromophenyl)-2,5-diphenylbenzenes are readily available by the condensation of phenylacetates with the corresponding pyrylium salts and undergo a palladium-catalyzed dehydrohalogenation to give functionalized dibenzo[fg,op]naphthacenes.
authors.affiliation: Polymer-Institut, Universität Karlsruhe, Hertzstrasse 16, 76187 Karlsruhe, Germany.
authors.forename: Xiao Hong
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Sigurd
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Höger
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fenske