Melanie Trobe

Dr. Melanie Trobe


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Academic Career Length

7Years (2020-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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19 March 2020 in Catalysts
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MVMartin Vareka
Martin Vareka
BDBenedikt Dahms
Benedikt Dahms
MLMario Lang
Mario Lang
MHMinh Hao Hoang
Minh Hao Hoang
MTMelanie Trobe
Melanie Trobe
RBRolf Breinbauer
Rolf Breinbauer
Teraryl-based alpha-helix mimetics have resulted in efficient inhibitors of protein-protein interactions (PPIs). Extending the concept to even longer oligoarene systems would allow for the mimicking of even larger interaction sites. We present a highly efficient synthetic modular access to quateraryl alpha-helix mimetics, in which, at first, two phenols undergo electrooxidative dehydrogenative cross-coupling. The resulting 4,4′-biphenol is then activated by conversion to nonaflates, which serve as leaving groups for iterative Pd-catalyzed Suzuki-cross-coupling reactions with suitably substituted pyridine boronic acids. This work, for the first time, demonstrates the synthetic efficiency of using both electroorganic as well as transition-metal catalyzed cross-coupling in the assembly of oligoarene structures.