title: Synthesis of cyclopenta-fused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons utilizing aryl-substituted anilines.
abstract: Cyclopenta-fused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (CP-PAHs), potentially electronically and biologically highly active materials, were synthesized from readily available 2-aryl-substituted anilines. Reactions occur under extremely mild, room temperature conditions using (t)BuONO as the sole reagent. The use of a nitrite source generates a reactive diazonium intermediate in situ that then reacts with a tethered polycyclic aromatic moiety by intramolecular aromatic substitution. This protocol could be presented as one of the simplest methods to access CP-PAHs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea. ejcho@cau.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Yeojin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea. ejcho@cau.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Tanmay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea. ejcho@cau.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry & Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jun Soo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea. ejcho@cau.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Eun Jin
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Cho