Large azaacenes: pyridine rings reacting like carbonyl groups

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

doi:10.1021/ol203334u

Large azaacenes: pyridine rings reacting like carbonyl groups

Org Lett. 2012 Feb 17;14(4):1008-11. doi: 10.1021/ol203334u. Epub 2012 Feb 8.

Authors

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

Affiliation

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

PMID: 22316051
DOI: 10.1021/ol203334u

Abstract

N,N'-Dihydropentaazapentacenes and -hexacenes displaying terminal pyridine rings are surprisingly easily oxidized by MnO(2) into their corresponding pyridones.