Dephosphinylative [4 + 2] Benzannulation of Phosphinyl Ynamines: Application to the Modular Synthesis of Polycyclic Aromatic Amines

Yasuhiro Okuda, Mayo Fujimoto, Haruo Akashi, Akihiro Orita

A series of 9-amino-10-halophenanthrenes were synthesized through a one-pot process, including dephosphinylative Sonogashira–Hagihara coupling of 2-bromobiphenyls with air-stable phosphinyl ynamines, followed by halonium-promoted [4 + 2] benzannulation of the resulting 2-(aminoethynyl)biphenyls. Nonsubstituted and methyl-substituted 2-bromobiphenyls rapidly underwent the Sonogashira–Hagihara aminoethynylation and the halogenative Friedel–Crafts benzannulation to provide the corresponding amino(halo)phenanthrenes in high yields, while electron-sufficient and -deficient substrates did slowly undergo the former and the latter to result in low yields, respectively. This protocol worked well for the syntheses of highly π-extended aminophenanthrenes and aminobenzonaphthothiophenes with different optical properties. Further application of this approach between 2,2″- and 2′,5′-dibromo-p-terphenyls with phosphinyl ynamines led to the regioselective formation of 6,13-diamino-5,12-dihalo- and 5,12-diamino-6,13-dihalo-dibenz[a,h]anthracenes via dual aminoethynylation and [4 + 2] benzannulation. The obtained analogues showed different ultraviolet–visible absorption and photoluminescence spectra with different emission quantum yields in CH2Cl2 solution and the powder state.

The Journal of Organic Chemistry

The American Chemical Society

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10.1021/acs.joc.1c01897