Troublesome alkoxythiophenes. A highly efficient synthesis via cyclization of γ-keto esters

VM Sonpatki, MR Herbert, LM Sandvoss…

Index: Sonpatki; Herbert; Sandvoss; Seed Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2001 , vol. 66, # 22 p. 7283 - 7286

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Abstract

A variety of alkoxythiophenes have been synthesized that represent ideal subunits for the synthesis of a new class of thermotropic liquid crystals via palladium-catalyzed cross- coupling reactions and organometallic derivatization. The methodology used represents the first highly efficient synthesis of alkoxythiophenes unlike previous pathways that have presented serious synthetic difficulties when the alkoxy chain consisted of more than four ...