Synthesis of dendrimers based on tetrakis(thiophene-2-yl)ethene as new dendron

Org Lett. 2013 Jan 18;15(2):354-7. doi: 10.1021/ol303300w. Epub 2013 Jan 9.

Abstract

Two novel dendrimers, 16T and 20T, based on 1,1,2,2-tetra(thiophen-2-yl)ethene (4T) as a new dendron, were efficiently synthesized via carbonylation, Suzuki, and McMurry reactions. All intermediates and title compounds were fully characterized by (1)H NMR, (13)C NMR, and HRMS. 4T and 16T were confirmed by X-ray single crystal analyses. In addition, the absorption behaviors of two titled dendrimers are also described.