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Synfacts 2007(10): 1046-1046  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-968985
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Octafluoroanthracenes

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Jeewoo Lim
J. F. Tannaci, M. Noji, J. McBee, T. D. Tilley*
University of California at Berkeley, USA
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07 November 2007 (online)

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Significance

The authors report a synthesis of 9,10-dichlorooctafluoroanthracene (1), along with its reaction with phenylboronic acid under modified Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions. Anthra­cenes with functional handles in 9,10-positions are useful building blocks in syntheses of organic semiconductors. Synthesis of a perfluorinated anthracene and its subsequent transformation under cross-coupling reaction conditions provides access to novel organic materials, including conducting polymers.