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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 636-638 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 15 Jan 2014 |
Keywords
- Fullerene fragments
- Huang-Minlon modification
- Hydrazine
- Optoelectronics
- Star-shaped PAHs
- Wolff-Kishner reduction