Palladium‐Catalyzed Annulation of vic‐Bis(pinacolatoboryl)alkenes and ‐phenanthrenes with 2,2′‐Dibromobiaryls: Facile Synthesis of Functionalized Phenanthrenes and Dibenzo[g,p]chrysenes

Double-cross: An annulation approach to functionalized polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons involving a palladium-catalyzed double cross-coupling reaction of vic-diborylalkenes and -phenanthrenes with 2,2′-dibromobiaryls led to a variety of phenanthrenes and dibenzo[g,p]chrysenes, as well as [5]helicenes, dithienobenzenes, and triphenyleno[1,2-b:4,3-b′]dithiophenes (see scheme; Bpin=pinacolatoboryl).