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Facile Synthesis of 9, 10-Diarylphenanthrenes and Poly (9, 10-diarylphenanthrene) s

B He, H Tian, Y Geng, F Wang, K Müllen

Index: He, Bo; Tian, Hongkun; Geng, Yanhou; Wang, Fosong; Mllen, Klaus Organic Letters, 2008 , vol. 10, # 5 p. 773 - 776

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Abstract

One-pot reduction of 9, 10-diaryl-9, 10-dihydrophenanthrene-9, 10-diols to 9, 10- diarylphenanthrenes was achieved with Zn/H+ in acetic acid. Accordingly, various novel phenanthrenes and polyphenanthrenes with efficient blue emission were easily synthesized.