Carbon Cationic Relay via Superelectrophiles: Synthesis of Spiro-diazafluorenes

Dongqing Lin, Ying Wei, Changjin Ou, Hao Huang, Linghai Xie, Lei Tang, Wei Huang

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Abstract

Superelectrophilic-initiated carbon cationic relay reactions of diazafluorenones with phenols were developed to provide strategically novel and atom-economic access to spirodiazafluorenes via tandem Friedel-Crafts reaction, nucleophilic addition, and intramolecular cyclization sequences. A range of spirodiazafluorenes that are difficult to synthesize with traditional protocols has been constructed successfully in middle to high yields using this method.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6220-6223
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume18
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Dec 2016
Externally publishedYes

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