title: Synthesis of Fluorenes via the Palladium-Catalyzed 5-Exo-dig Annulation of o-Alkynyl Biaryls.
abstract: The direct Pd-catalyzed intramolecular rapidly with electron-deficient benzene ring, which, in hydroarylation of o-alkynyl biaryls proceeded in highly combination with a substantial isotope effect observed, stereoselective manner producing fluorenes 2, the products of 5-exo-dig cyclization, in excellent yields. The cascade intermolecular arylation, incorporated in this transformation, allowed for efficient synthesis of fully-substituted fluorenes 12. These cyclizations proceed more rapidly with electron-deficient benzene ring, which, in combination with a substantial isotope effect observed, strongly supports a C-H activation mechanism for the key annulation step.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607-7061, ; phone: 312-355-3579; vlad@uic.edu.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chernyak
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gevorgyan