The crude product was obtained by using diphenanthro[3,4-b:4′,3′-d]thiophene S,S-dioxide (1b) (42 mg, 0.10 mmol), p-anisidine (25 mg, 0.20 mmol), 1,4-dioxane (1.5 mL), KN(SiMe3)2 (0.5 M in toluene, 0.60 mL, 0.30 mmol) at 80 °C for 19 h according to the procedure for 5b. Purification by silica-gel column chromatography with (hexane/AcOEt = 5/1 as an eluent; Rf = 0.48) gave the title compound 5b as a pale-yellow solid (42 mg, 88% yield). The compound 5c can be separated into enantiomerically-pure (P)-5c and (M)-5c by HPLC equipped with a DAICEL CHIRALPAK® IA-3 column (Daicel Corporation, Tokyo, Japan) (4.6 mm × 250 mm) [tR = 5.02 min for (P)-5c and 6.18 min for (M)-5c (flow rate: 1.0 mL; eluent: Hex/CHCl3 = 7/3)]: 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.02 (d, J = 8.2 Hz, 2H), 8.01 (d, J = 8.7, 2H), 7.84 (d, J = 8.7 Hz, 2H), 7.83 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 2H), 7.73 (d, J = 8.2 Hz, 2H), 7.63–7.59 (m, 2H), 7.50 (d, J = 8.2 Hz, 2H), 7.23–7.18 (m, 4H), 6.29–6.25 (m, 2H); 13C NMR (101 MHz, CDCl3) δ 159.8, 140.7, 131.5, 130.5, 129.9, 129.8, 128.4, 127.4, 127.1, 126.94, 126.86, 126.4, 126.1, 124.6, 122.8, 117.1, 115.4, 110.9, 55.9; HRMS–APCI+ (m/z) calcd for C35H24NO+ ([M+H]+) 474.1852, found 474.1861.
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