title: Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of bulky anthracenyl carboxylates by using pincer nickel N-heterocyclic carbene complexes: an efficient protocol to access fluorescent anthracene derivatives.
abstract: A series of fluorescent (hetero)-aryl substituted anthracene derivatives were readily accessible from the corresponding bulky anthracen-9-yl carboxylates via Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions by using pincer nickel N-heterocyclic carbene complex even at the catalyst loading as low as 0.1 mol% in the presence of catalytic amounts of PCy3.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, 200433, Shanghai, China. taotu@fudan.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Mizhi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xingbao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zheming
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tu