Using a combined directed ortho metalation (DoM) Suzuki Miyaura cross coupling directed remote metalation (DreM) approach, the alkylphenanthrenes (APs) 1-methyl-(5a), 1, 7- dimethyl-(5b), 2, 7-dimethyl-(5c), 7-ethyl-1-methyl-(15), and 7-tert-butyl-1- methylphenanthrenes (27) have been synthesized in four to seven steps and 21% 36% overall yields. In contrast to classical protocols, this method, which may be scaled to gram ...