“…The spectroscopic data correspond with those reported previously. [26] 10-Trimethylsilyl(ethinyl)-9-N,N-di(p-anisyl)amino-anthracene (2SiMe 3 ): The compound was not synthesized according to the published procedure, [57] but following this synthetic protocol:, [33] [PdCl 2 (PPh 3 ) 2 ] (13 mg, 0.02 mmol, 1 mol-%) and CuI (21 mg, 0.11 mmol, 6 mol-%) were dissolved in dry, degassed diisopropylamine (45 mL) under an argon atmosphere and stirred at room temperature for 10 min. Anthracene 1 (891 mg, 1.84 mmol), trimethylsilylacetylene (0.3 mL, 2.02 mmol, 0.69 g mL À 1 ) and PPh 3 (29 mg, 0.11 mmol, 6 mol-%) were added in one portion to the yellow solution and the mixture heated to reflux overnight.…”