• Shinji Toyota reports the synthesis of functionalized rubicenes using the Scholl reaction.

    From left: Prof. S Toyota, M. Kawamura, Dr. E. Tsurumaki (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

     

Synthesis of Functionalized Rubicenes

Shinji Toyota reports the synthesis of functionalized rubicenes using the Scholl reaction.

Facile Synthesis of Rubicenes by Scholl Reaction: M. Kawamura, E. Tsurumaki, S. Toyota
Synthesis 2017, DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1588570

Rubicene is an intriguing polycyclic compound named after his characteristic ruby color. This compound was described for the first time in 1873 and it can be considered a substructure of C70. Functionalized derivatives of rubicene are of interest in materials science (for example for electroluminescent organic materials and light-emitting diode devices). Recently, the group of Professor Shinji Toyota (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) reported a straightforward entry to differently functionalized rubicene derivatives by treatment of 9,10-diarylanthracenes with DDQ and triflic acid.
  • Shinji Toyota reports the synthesis of functionalized rubicenes using the Scholl reaction.

    Synthesis of functionalized rubicenes

     
Professor Toyota said: “This synthetic method is so simple and practical that it should be useful for the synthesis of rubicene-containing functional aromatic molecules.”
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