Reactions of large tetraaza-N,N'-dihydroacenes: formation of unexpected adducts and an unstable tetraazahexacene

Jens U Engelhart; Benjamin D Lindner; Olena Tverskoy; Manuel Schaffroth; Frank Rominger; Uwe H F Bunz

doi:10.1021/jo3024544

Reactions of large tetraaza-N,N'-dihydroacenes: formation of unexpected adducts and an unstable tetraazahexacene

J Org Chem. 2013 Feb 1;78(3):1249-53. doi: 10.1021/jo3024544. Epub 2013 Jan 14.

Authors

Jens U Engelhart¹, Benjamin D Lindner, Olena Tverskoy, Manuel Schaffroth, Frank Rominger, Uwe H F Bunz

Affiliation

¹ Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.

PMID: 23234270
DOI: 10.1021/jo3024544

Abstract

We report the reaction of several N,N'-dihydrotetraazaacenes with oxalylic chloride to give unusual adducts, which were characterized by single-crystal X-ray structures.