Abstract
Vanadium oxytrichloride (VOCl3) has proven to be a highly efficient reagent for intramolecular biaryl oxidative coupling reaction of electron‐rich stilbenes. Accordingly, a mild and efficient route to phenanthrene derivatives from stilbenes oxygenated is developed.
Acknowledgment
We gratefully acknowledge the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC) (No. 20002003) for financial support.