Organic letters

An efficient synthesis of 2, 6-disubstituted benzobisoxazoles: new building blocks for organic semiconductors

JF Mike, AJ Makowski, M Jeffries-El

Index: Mike, Jared F.; Makowski, Andrew J.; Jeffries-El, Malika Organic Letters, 2008 , vol. 10, # 21 p. 4915 - 4918

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Abstract

ABSTRACT 2, 6-Disubstituted benzobisoxazoles have been synthesized by a highly efficient reaction of diaminobenzene diols with various orthoesters. The scope of this new reaction for the synthesis of substituted benzobisoxazoles has been investigated using four different orthoesters. The utility of these compounds as building blocks for the synthesis of conjugated polymers is demonstrated.