Beilstein J. Org. Chem.2020,16, 2636–2644, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.214
nitrogen heteroatoms were synthesized in multistep synthetic routes. A Buchwald–Hartwig amination of brominated precursors, thermolysis of azide precursors, and a Cadoganreaction of nitro-substituted precursors were successfully applied to eventually build-up pyrrole rings to stable and soluble fused
derivatives by Cadoganreaction of nitro-substituted precursors. Another possibility for the preparation of fused pyrrole rings is established by the Cadoganreaction [40]. Well-known examples are the reductive cyclization of 2-nitro-1,1’-biphenyls with triethyl phosphite or phosphanes as reducing agent to
provide carbazoles covering a wide substrate and functional group spectrum [41]. Moreover, penta- and heptafused heteroacenes were prepared by the Cadoganreaction by annulation of nitrophenyl or nitrobenzothienyl precursors [42][43][44][45]. In this respect, we recently reported a Cadogan cyclization of
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Figure 1:
Heteroacenes: tetrathienoacene (TTA), S,N-heteroacenes SN4, SN4', and SN4''.