U. Luning et H. Baumgartner, CONCAVE REAGENTS .13. 2'-SUBSTITUTED M-TERPHENYLS AS BUILDING-BLOCKS - SYNTHESIS OF A CONCAVE THIOL ACETATE, Synlett, (8), 1993, pp. 571-572
New sterically highly hindered 2'-substituted 2,2'',6,6''-tetramethyl-
m-terphenyls 1 were synthesized. Lithiation of the 2'-iodide 1b and su
bsequent reaction with electrophiles gave new m-terphenyls 1f - 1j, gr
oup transformations gave 1k - 1p. The thiol acetate 1o could be tetra-
functionalized and doubly bridged to form a bimacrocyclic concave thio
l acetate 3.