Issue 2, 2022

Cationic π-extended heteroaromatics via a catalytic C–H activation annulative alkyne-insertion sequence

Abstract

Cationic π-conjugated organic molecules have broad applications in materials science as next-generation organic materials. The annulative alkyne-insertion π-extension (AAIPEX) strategy has emerged as a promising synthetic approach for the rapid synthesis of cationic polycyclic heteroaromatic compounds (cPHACs) in a single step. The AAIPEX reaction provides a synthetic shortcut to achieve complex organic molecules from simple (hetero)arene templates and alkynes as π-extending partners, which would otherwise be difficult to achieve using traditional methods. In general, a step-economic AAIPEX protocol proceeds via C–H activation of unfunctionalized heteroarene templates, followed by alkyne insertion–annulation to furnish cPHACs. In this Feature Article, recent progress in the AAIPEX strategy to construct cPHACs is described along with brief illustrations of the resulting cPHACs in luminescence-related applications.

Graphical abstract: Cationic π-extended heteroaromatics via a catalytic C–H activation annulative alkyne-insertion sequence

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
03 Nhl 2021
Accepted
10 Huk 2021
First published
10 Huk 2021

Chem. Commun., 2022,58, 133-154

Cationic π-extended heteroaromatics via a catalytic C–H activation annulative alkyne-insertion sequence

P. Karak, S. S. Rana and J. Choudhury, Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 133 DOI: 10.1039/D1CC05590A

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