Hydroacenes made easy by gold(I) catalysis

Dorel, R.D.; McGonigal, P.R.; Echavarren, A.M.

doi:10.1002/anie.201604952

Hydroacenes made easy by gold(I) catalysis

Dorel, R.D.; McGonigal, P.R.; Echavarren, A.M.

Authors

R.D. Dorel

Dr Paul Mcgonigal paul.mcgonigal@durham.ac.uk
Academic Visitor

A.M. Echavarren

Abstract

A novel strategy for the synthesis of partially saturated acene derivatives has been developed based on a AuI-catalyzed cyclization of 1,7-enynes. This method provides straightforward access to stable polycyclic products featuring the backbone of the acene series, up to nonacene.

Citation

Dorel, R., McGonigal, P., & Echavarren, A. (2016). Hydroacenes made easy by gold(I) catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55(37), 11120-11123. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201604952

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jun 14, 2016
Online Publication Date	Jul 6, 2016
Publication Date	Sep 5, 2016
Deposit Date	Jul 7, 2016
Publicly Available Date	Jul 6, 2017
Journal	Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Print ISSN	1433-7851
Electronic ISSN	1521-3773
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	55
Issue	37
Pages	11120-11123
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201604952

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Dorel, R., McGonigal, P. R. and Echavarren, A. M. (2016), Hydroacenes Made Easy by Gold(I). Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55(37): 1120-1123, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201604952. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley-VCH Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.