The photochemical synthesis of naphtho[2,3-g]thiopheno[3,2-e]benzo[b]thiophene: A new heterocyclic system

Citation
P. Brooks et al., The photochemical synthesis of naphtho[2,3-g]thiopheno[3,2-e]benzo[b]thiophene: A new heterocyclic system, SYNTHESIS-S, (8), 1999, pp. 1303-1305
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry & Analysis","Organic Chemistry/Polymer Science
Journal title
SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART
ISSN journal
00397881 → ACNP
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1303 - 1305
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-7881(199908):8<1303:TPSON>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The synthesis is described of the hitherto unknown 2,3-bis(2'-thienyl)napht halene (1). Photochemical cyclisation of 1 affords naphtho[2,3-g]thiopheno[ 3,2-e]benzo[b]thiopene (2), the parent compound of a new aromatic heterocyc lic series.