Bruce C. Berris

A new approach to the construction of biphenylenes by the cobalt-catalyzed cocyclization of o-diethynylbenzenes with alkynes. Application to an iterative approach to [3]phenylene, the first member of a novel class of benzocyclobutadienoid hydrocarbons

Bruce C. Berris, George H. Hovakeemian, Yee Hing Lai et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1985 · 187 citations

Chemical Engineering, Novel Organocatalysts, Engineering +12

A cobalt-catalysed biphenylene synthesis

Bruce C. Berris, Yee‐Hing Lai, K. Peter C. Vollhardt · Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1982 · 29 citations

Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Physicochemical Analysis +11

Benzo[3,4]cyclobuta[1,2-b]biphenylene, the first member of a novel series of linear cyclobutadienoid acenes

Bruce C. Berris, George H. Hovakeemian, K. Peter C. Vollhardt · Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1983 · 11 citations

Cross-coupling Reaction, Engineering, Novel Series +14