A simple synthesis of truxene, a building block for optoelectronics and fullerene fragments

Yaacov Netanel Oded, Israel Agranat*

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Abstract

Truxene was efficiently synthesized by reduction of truxenone with excess hydrazine hydrate in diethylene glycol at 180 C without added base, a variation of the Huang-Minlon Wolff-Kishner reduction. The proposed mechanism highlights hydrazine as a nucleophile and a base, extracting protons from the hydrazone and diazene intermediates.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)636-638
Number of pages3
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume55
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jan 2014

Keywords

  • Fullerene fragments
  • Huang-Minlon modification
  • Hydrazine
  • Optoelectronics
  • Star-shaped PAHs
  • Wolff-Kishner reduction

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