Versatile synthesis of pentalene derivatives via the Pd-catalyzed homocoupling of haloenynes.
A palladium-catalyzed, reductive homocoupling of haloenynes yields a diverse range of polysubstituted pentalene derivatives, including annulated dibenzopentalenes and dithienylpentalenes.
Levi
Zerubba U
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Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
Tilley
T Don
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