Diels-Alder reaction of 1,3-diarylbenzo[c]furans with thiophene S,S-dioxide/indenone derivatives: a facile preparation of substituted dibenzothiophene S,S-dioxides and fluorenones

Org Lett. 2014 Jun 6;16(11):3068-71. doi: 10.1021/ol501175q. Epub 2014 May 22.

Abstract

One pot syntheses of substituted dibenzothiophene S,S-dioxides and fluorenones were successfully achieved by Diels-Alder reaction of benzo[c]furans with thiophene S,S-dioxides and indenones, respectively. Photophysical properties of representative seven- and nine-membered dibenzothiophene S,S-dioxide acenes were also reported.