Recent Progress towards Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Synthesis of Fluorenes
Ai-Hua Zhou1, Fei Pan1, Chunyin Zhu2
1State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, Fujian (P. R. China).
Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|April 11, 2015
Abstract:
Fluorenes are a commonly encountered structural motif in materials science, pharmaceutical chemistry, and organic synthesis. Among various strategies towards the synthesis of this unique structure, transition metal-catalyzed functionalization has emerged as one of the most efficient methods. This Minireview presents an overview of the recent advances in this emerging area by highlighting the reactions' specificity and applicability and, where possible, provides a mechanistic rationale.
Keywords:
CH activationfluoreneshomogeneous catalysispolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonstransition metals

