Synthesis of alpha,omega-diarylbutadienes and -hexatrienes via decarboxylative coupling of cinnamic acids with vinyl bromides under palladium catalysis.
Readily available cinnamic acid derivatives such as ferulic acid couple with beta-bromostyrenes and 1-bromo-4-phenylbutadiene under palladium catalysis accompanied by decarboxylation to produce the corresponding alpha,omega-diarylbutadienes and -hexatrienes, respectively. Some of the products exhibit solid-state fluorescence.
Yamashita
Mana
M
Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Hirano
Koji
K
Satoh
Tetsuya
T
Miura
Masahiro
M