Development of New Syntheses of Azaaromatic Compounds with Extended π-System

Azapolyaromatic compound are a class of heterocyclic compounds, which contains at least one nitrogen atom. A subclass of these compounds are quinolizinium salts, which contains nitrogen atom in bridgehead position. These salts usually have interesting photophysical properties. Naphthoquinolizinium salts are a group of quinolizinium salts, but their synthesis as well as their photophysical properties haven't been studied in detail yet. This work is about development of a new modular method for preparation of naphthoquinoliziniu salts. This method is based on catalytic C-C and C-H bond activations by transition metal catalysts. 1-Azabiphenylene was used as a starting material, which reacted in catalytic C-C bond cleavage followed by insertion of various alkyne to form benzo[h]quinolines. These benzo[h]quinolines then reacted in catalytic C-H bond activation reaction followed by insertion of another alkyne to form final tetrasubstituted naphthoquinolizinium salts. Photophysical properties of the prepared salts was studied. The developed method was used on a more complex starting material such as linear 1- 1-aza-[3]triphenylene, which was converted to phenanthroquinolines and eventually to the corresponding azonia salts. Key words: azapolyaromatic compounds, catalysis by transition metal complexes, C-C..