J. Christoffers et Kh. Dotz, REACTIONS OF COMPLEX LIGANDS .64. SYNTHESIS OF 5,5'-DIPHENYL-2,2'-BIFURAN, A BIARYL COMPOUND WITH REMARKABLE FLUORESCENCE PROPERTIES, Chemische Berichte, 128(6), 1995, pp. 641-643
The 2-oxacyclic alpha,beta-unsaturated carbene complex 1 reacts with a
n excess of dimethylamine to give the diphenylbifuran 2. The structure
of 2 was established by independent synthesis from 2-phenylfuran (4)
via regioselective lithiation and transmetalation to zinc and tin orga
nometallics 6a-c and final oxidative copper coupling reactions.