title: Selective Ir-catalysed borylation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: structures of naphthalene-2,6-bis(boronate), pyrene-2,7-bis(boronate) and perylene-2,5,8,11-tetra(boronate) esters.
abstract: The selectivity of the iridium boryl complex-catalysed reaction of pyrene and perylene with B2(pin)2 (pin = OCMe2CMe2O) has been employed in the synthesis of D(2h)-symmetry pyrene-2,7-(Bpin)2 and D(4h)-symmetry perylene-2,5,8,11-(Bpin)4 providing direct borylation of positions which are otherwise difficult to derivatise.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, UK.
authors.forename: David N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Coventry
authors.forename: Andrei S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Batsanov
authors.forename: Andres E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Goeta
authors.forename: Judith A K
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: Todd B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Marder
authors.forename: Robin N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Perutz