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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 20, 1990 - Issue 15
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An Alternative Synthysis of Thieno[3,4-b]Thiophene

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Pages 2275-2277 | Received 16 May 1990, Published online: 24 Oct 2006
 

Abstract

Thieno[3,4-b]thiophene has been obtained in greater than 50% yield starting from 3,4-dibromothiophene by a sequence of PdII-CuI-catalysed cross-coupling with trimethylsilylacetylene, bromine-lithium exchange, thiolation with elemental sulfur and ring-closure in aqueous medium.

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