Metal-Catalyzed Annulation Reactions for π-Conjugated Polycycles

Synthesis, Structural Analysis, and Properties of [8]Circulenes

(2013) Chieh-Ning Feng et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Rapid Access to Dibenzohelicenes and their Functionalized Derivatives

(2013) Andrej Jančařík et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis of Substituted [6]Phenacenes through Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling of Polyhalobenzene with Alkenylboronates and Sequential Intramolecular Cyclization via C–H Bond Activation

(2013) Ning-hui Chang et al.   CHEMISTRY LETTERS

RhIII-Catalyzed CH Activation: A Versatile Route towards Various Polycyclic Pyridinium Salts

(2013) Ching-Zong Luo et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

An Efficient Rh/O2 Catalytic System for Oxidative C–H Activation/Annulation: Evidence for Rh(I) to Rh(III) Oxidation by Molecular Oxygen

(2013) Guoying Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Pd-Catalyzed Cascade Crossover Annulation of o-Alkynylarylhalides and Diarylacetylenes Leading to Dibenzo[a,e]pentalenes

(2013) Jian Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Integrated Materials Design of Organic Semiconductors for Field-Effect Transistors

(2013) Jianguo Mei et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of Substituted Picenes through Pd-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reaction/Annulation Sequences and Their Physicochemical Properties

(2013) Ning-hui Chang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

C–H activation route to dibenzo[a,e]pentalenes: annulation of arylacetylenes promoted by PdCl2–AgOTf–o-chloranil

(2013) Takehisa Maekawa et al.   Chemical Science

Phenanthro[1,2-b : 8,7-b’]dithiophene: a new picene-type molecule for transistor applications

(2013) Yasushi Nishihara et al.   RSC Advances

Bowl-Shaped Fragments of C70or Higher Fullerenes: Synthesis, Structural Analysis, and Inversion Dynamics

(2012) Tsun-Cheng Wu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

CH Bond Functionalization: Emerging Synthetic Tools for Natural Products and Pharmaceuticals

(2012) Junichiro Yamaguchi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Ambipolar organic semiconductors from electron-accepting cyclopenta-fused anthracene

(2012) Hai Xia et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Palladium-Catalyzed Annulation of 1,2-Diborylalkenes and -Arenes with 1-Bromo-2-[(Z)-2-bromoethenyl]arenes: A Modular Approach to Multisubstituted Naphthalenes and Fused Phenanthrenes

(2012) Masaki Shimizu et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

Star-Shaped Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Design and Synthesis of Molecules

(2012) Hua Zhang et al.   CURRENT ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Electron Acceptors Based on Functionalizable Cyclopenta[hi]aceanthrylenes and Dicyclopenta[de,mn]tetracenes

(2012) Jordan D. Wood et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Rhodium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Photophysical Properties of Helically Chiral 1,1′-Bitriphenylenes

(2012) Yayoi Sawada et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Diarylindenotetracenes via a Selective Cross-Coupling/C–H Functionalization: Electron Donors for Organic Photovoltaic Cells

(2012) Xingxian Gu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Palladium-Catalyzed Cascade Process Consisting of Isocyanide Insertion and Benzylic C(sp3)–H Activation: Concise Synthesis of Indole Derivatives

(2012) Takeshi Nanjo et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Soluble and Stable N-Heteropentacenes with High Field-Effect Mobility

(2011) Zhixiong Liang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

λ5-Phospha[7]helicenes: Synthesis, Properties, and Columnar Aggregation with One-Way Chirality

(2011) Koji Nakano et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Efficient generation of indeno[1,2-c]chromenes via the Pd-catalyzed reaction of 2-alkynylhalobenzenes with 2-alkynylphenols

(2011) Yong Luo et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Bond Formations between Two Nucleophiles: Transition Metal Catalyzed Oxidative Cross-Coupling Reactions

(2011) Chao Liu et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Catalytic Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling: Forming Carbon−Carbon Bonds by Oxidizing Two Carbon−Hydrogen Bonds

(2011) Charles S. Yeung et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Electron-Accepting Dithiarubicene (Emeraldicene) and Derivatives Prepared by Unprecedented Nucleophilic Hydrogen Substitution by Alkyllithium Reagents

(2011) Ali Reza Mohebbi et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of 7,9-Diaryl-8 H-acenaphtho[1,2-c]pyrroles and Their Application in Explosives Detection

(2011) Xiaopeng Chen et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Palladium-Catalyzed Pentannulation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

(2011) Christian Lütke Eversloh et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Direct Synthesis of Fused Indoles by Gold-Catalyzed Cascade Cyclization of Diynes

(2011) Kimio Hirano et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Dibenzophosphole Oxides via Intramolecular Dehydrogenative Cyclization

(2011) Yoichiro Kuninobu et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Ph2N-Susbtituted Ethylene-Bridgedp-Phenylene Oligomers: Synthesis and Photophysical and Redox Properties

(2011) Balagopal Shainamma Shaibu et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Synthesis and Structural Analysis of a Highly Curved Buckybowl Containing Corannulene and Sumanene Fragments

(2011) Tsun-Cheng Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Intramolecular Oxidative C−N Bond Formation for the Synthesis of Carbazoles: Comparison of Reactivity between the Copper-Catalyzed and Metal-Free Conditions

(2011) Seung Hwan Cho et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Benzosilolo[2,3-b]indoles via Cleavage of a C(sp3)–Si Bond and Consequent Intramolecular C(sp2)–Si Coupling

(2011) Yun Liang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of Dibenzofurans via Palladium-Catalyzed Phenol-Directed C–H Activation/C–O Cyclization

(2011) Bin Xiao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

One-Pot Synthesis of Stable NIR Tetracene Diimides via Double Cross-Coupling

(2011) Wan Yue et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Efficient Synthesis of 5H-Cyclopenta[c]quinoline Derivatives via Palladium-Catalyzed Domino Reactions ofo-Alkynylhalobenzene with Amine

(2011) Yong Luo et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Palladium-catalyzed double cross-coupling reaction of 1,2-bis(pinacolatoboryl)alkenes and -arenes with 2,2′-dibromobiaryls: annulative approach to functionalized polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

(2011) Masaki Shimizu et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Synthesis of new donor–acceptor–donor materials via Au-catalyzed double cascade cyclization

(2011) Giovanni Ferrara et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Tuning the Columnar Organization of Discotic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

(2010) Wojciech Pisula et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Gold-Catalyzed Intramolecular Alkyne Cycloisomerization Cascade: Direct Synthesis of Aryl-Annulated[a]carbazoles from Aniline-Substituted Diethynylarenes

(2010) Kimio Hirano et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Dinaphthopentalenes: Pentalene Derivatives for Organic Thin-Film Transistors

(2010) Takeshi Kawase et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis, Structure, and Photophysical Properties of Dibenzo[de,mn]naphthacenes

(2010) Tsun-Cheng Wu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Diindeno[1,2,3,4-defg;1′,2′,3′,4′-mnop]chrysenes: solution-phase synthesis and the bowl-to-bowl inversion barrier

(2010) Hung-Ing Chang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Palladium-Catalyzed Ligand-Directed C−H Functionalization Reactions

(2010) Thomas W. Lyons et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Synthesis, Structures, and Physical Properties of Benzo[k]fluoranthene-Based Linear Acenes

(2010) Yun-Hua Kung et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Rhodium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Silafluorene Derivatives via Cleavage of Silicon−Hydrogen and Carbon−Hydrogen Bonds

(2010) Tomonari Ureshino et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High and Balanced Hole and Electron Mobilities from Ambipolar Thin-Film Transistors Based on Nitrogen-Containing Oligoacences

(2010) Yi-Yang Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Asymmetric Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Benzopyrano- or Naphthopyrano-Fused Helical Phosphafluorenes

(2010) Naohiro Fukawa et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Bending contorted hexabenzocoronene into a bowl

(2010) Adam C. Whalley et al.   Chemical Science

One-Step Construction of Five Successive Rings by Rhodium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Double [2+2+2] Cycloaddition: Enantioenriched [9]Helicene-Like Molecules

(2009) Ken Tanaka et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

9-Stannafluorenes: 1,4-Dimetal Equivalents for Aromatic Annulation by Double Cross-Coupling

(2009) Ikuhiro Nagao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Copper-Catalyzed Tandem Synthesis of Indolo- and Pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines

(2009) Akhilesh Kumar Verma et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Cycloaromatization of Biaryls with Alkynes Using Molecular Oxygen as the Oxidant

(2009) Zhuangzhi Shi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Palladium(II)-Catalyzed CH Activation/CC Cross-Coupling Reactions: Versatility and Practicality

(2009) Xiao Chen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

An Extremely Simple Dibenzopentalene Synthesis from 2-Bromo-1-ethynylbenzenes Using Nickel(0) Complexes: Construction of Its Derivatives with Various Functionalities

(2009) Takeshi Kawase et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Regiocontrolled Synthesis of Ethene-Bridgedpara-Phenylene Oligomers Based on PtII- and RuII-Catalyzed Aromatization

(2009) Tse-An Chen et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Versatile Synthesis of Pentalene Derivatives via the Pd-Catalyzed Homocoupling of Haloenynes

(2009) Zerubba U. Levi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Coupling of 2-[(2-Pyrrolyl)silyl]aryl Triflates through 1,2-Silicon Migration

(2009) Kenji Mochida et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis and Properties of Symmetric and Unsymmetric Dibenzothienopyrroles

(2009) Ganapathy Balaji et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Synthesis and discotic organization

(2009) Xinliang Feng et al.   PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY

Palladium-Catalyzed Annulation ofvic-Bis(pinacolatoboryl)alkenes and -phenanthrenes with 2,2′-Dibromobiaryls: Facile Synthesis of Functionalized Phenanthrenes and Dibenzo[g,p]chrysenes

(2008) Masaki Shimizu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Modular Approach to Silicon-Bridged Biaryls: Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Coupling of 2-(Arylsilyl)aryl Triflates

(2008) Masaki Shimizu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective Synthesis of [7]Helicene: Dramatic Effects of Olefin Additives and Aromatic Solvents in Asymmetric Olefin Metathesis

(2008) Alain Grandbois et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Indium-Catalyzed Annulation of 2-Aryl- and 2-Heteroarylindoles with Propargyl Ethers: Concise Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Diverse Aryl- and Heteroaryl-Annulated[a]carbazoles

(2008) Teruhisa Tsuchimoto et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Oxidative Pd(II)-Catalyzed C−H Bond Amination to Carbazole at Ambient Temperature

(2008) James A. Jordan-Hore et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The Larger Acenes: Versatile Organic Semiconductors

(2007) John E. Anthony   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION