Volume 31, Issue 8 pp. 1045-1053
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Iron(III) Chloride Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling Reaction of 1,2-Diarylethylene Derivatives

Derong Ji

Derong Ji

College of Chemistry and Materials, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, China

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Lidan Su

Lidan Su

College of Chemistry and Materials, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, China

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Keqing Zhao

Keqing Zhao

College of Chemistry and Materials, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, China

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Biqin Wang

Biqin Wang

College of Chemistry and Materials, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, China

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Ping Hu

Ping Hu

College of Chemistry and Materials, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, China

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Chun Feng

Chun Feng

College of Chemistry and Materials, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, China

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Shikai Xiang

Shikai Xiang

College of Chemistry and Materials, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, China

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Hua Yang

Corresponding Author

Hua Yang

College of Chemistry and Materials, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, China

College of Chemistry and Materials, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, China, Tel.: 0086-028-84760802Search for more papers by this author
Chenggang Zhang

Corresponding Author

Chenggang Zhang

College of Chemistry and Materials, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, China

College of Chemistry and Materials, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610066, China, Tel.: 0086-028-84760802Search for more papers by this author
First published: 05 July 2013
Citations: 10

Abstract

A nontoxic FeCl3 catalyzed intramolecular oxidative coupling reaction was developed for mild synthesis of a series of phenanthrenes with different substituents. The method involves cross dehydrogenative coupling of a variety of 1,2-diarylethylene derivatives with di-tert-butylperoxide (DTBP) as a sole oxidant at room temperature in CH2Cl2/TFA (9:1 V/V) to yield phenanthrenes in good to excellent yields.

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