Stepwise construction of head-to-tail-type oligothiophenes via iterative palladium-catalyzed CH arylation and halogen exchange

Naoyuki Masuda; Shunsuke Tanba; Atsushi Sugie; Daiki Monguchi; Nagatoshi Koumura; Kohjiro Hara; Atsunori Mori

doi:10.1021/ol900622h

Stepwise construction of head-to-tail-type oligothiophenes via iterative palladium-catalyzed CH arylation and halogen exchange

Org Lett. 2009 Jun 4;11(11):2297-300. doi: 10.1021/ol900622h.

Authors

Naoyuki Masuda¹, Shunsuke Tanba, Atsushi Sugie, Daiki Monguchi, Nagatoshi Koumura, Kohjiro Hara, Atsunori Mori

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.

PMID: 19422211
DOI: 10.1021/ol900622h

Abstract

The well-defined head-to-tail oligothiophenes were synthesized via palladium-catalyzed CH arylation and halogen exchange sequentially through the 2-halothiophene derivatives.