Improved synthesis of tetrakis(2-thienyl)methane

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 4037-4042

  Matsumoto, Kouzou ^a   Tanaka, Toru ^a   Oda, Masaji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatic nucleophilic substitution; Decyanation; Tetrakis(2 thienyl)methane; Tetrakis(heteroaryl)methanes

Indexed keywords

(5 CYANO 2 THIENYL) TRIS(2 THIENYL) METHANE; 2 FLUORO 5 CYANOTHIOPHENE; AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; HYDROLASE; QUINOLINE; TETRAKIS(2 THIENYL) METHANE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; TIENILIC ACID; TRIS(2 THIENYL) METHYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DECARBOXYLATION; HYDROLYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 8644272417     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/SCC-200036572     Document Type: Article

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