A Convenient One-Pot Preparation of Symmetrical Polymethoxyanthracenes |
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Authors: | John J. Fitzgerald Neville E. Drysdale R. A. Olofson |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry , The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, USA |
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Abstract: | Symmetrical polymethoxyanthracenes are rapidly made and easily isolated in moderate yield by treatment of appropriately substituted (methoxy)n halobenzenes with lithium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide (LTMP) in refluxing THF. |
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