title: A three-step process to facilitate the annulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
abstract: A new efficient three-step process to annulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has been developed, providing access to PAHs with saturated rings that under current chemical methods would be difficult to produce in an efficient manner. This method relies on a palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of various brominated PAHs with cyclohexanone to yield α-arylated ketones, which are converted to regiospecific vinyl triflates and cyclized by a palladium-catalyzed intramolecular arene-vinyl triflate coupling to produce PAHs with incorporated saturated rings or "tetrahydroindeno-annulated" PAHs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Washington College , 300 Washington Avenue, Chestertown, Maryland 21620, United States.
authors.forename: Sara E
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authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Matthew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Streeter
authors.forename: Laurel L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Matthew S
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authors.lastname: Klepfer
authors.forename: Kyriakos
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authors.lastname: Atmatzidis
authors.forename: Kristen D
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authors.lastname: Wille
authors.forename: Sean A
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authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: Edward D
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authors.lastname: Hoegg
authors.forename: Heather M
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authors.lastname: Sheridan
authors.forename: Stephanie
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authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: Damon A
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authors.lastname: Parrish
authors.forename: Aaron W
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authors.lastname: Amick