(2E,4E,6E)-3-Methyl-7-(pyren-1-yl)octa-2,4,6-trienoic acid

The title compound, C25H20O2, was synthesized by a Wittig reaction between triphenyl[1-(pyren-1-yl)ethyl]phosphonium bromide and ethyl (2E,4E)-3-methyl-6-oxohexa-2,4-dienoate, in the presence of n-butyl lithium, followed by saponification. It was obtained pure in the all-trans configuration followin...

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Main Authors: Stavros E. Bariamis, George E. Magoulas, Constantinos M. Athanassopoulos, Dionissios Papaioannou, Manolis J. Manos, Vassilios Nastopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2009-10-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536809038409