Construction of Dibenzazocine Skeleton by Regiocontrolled Ring-Expansion Reaction of Cyclic Oxime with DIBAL-H: Facile Synthesis of 17β-Hydroxy­steroid Dehydrogenase Type 3 Inhibitor

Synthesis of 1,2-biphenylethane based single-molecule diodes

We have described the synthesis of novel biphenylethane-based wires for molecular electronics. Exceptional single-molecule diode behavior was predicted for unsymmetrically substituted biphenylethane derivatives, synthesized here using the so far unexplored unsymmetrically substituted 1,2-bis(4-bromophenyl)ethanes as key intermediates, which were obtained from the corresponding tolane precursor by selective hydrogenation.