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6154128 
Journal Article 
Synthesis of tetrakis(2-thienyl)methane 
Kurata, H; Matsumoto, K; Nakaminami, H; Oda, M; Sogabe, M 
2002 
1 
Tetrahedron Letters
ISSN: 0040-4039
EISSN: 1873-3581 
43 
16 
3049-3052 
WOS:000175233900042 
Tetrakis(2-thienyl)methane was synthesized for the first time by sodium sulfide induced cyclization of 5,5,5-tris(2-thienyl)pentadiyne which was obtained from tris(2-thienyl)methyl cation, and the molecular structure was elucidated by X-ray analysis for the tetrabromo derivative. 
tris(2-thienyl)methyl cation; nucleophilic addition; butadiyne–thiophene transformation; X-ray structural analysis