Patent 7429683 was granted and assigned to Eastman Kodak on September, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A process for synthesizing a single isomer of a naphthacene compound comprises the steps of:(a) reacting a symmetrically substituted 1,1-diarylpropargyl alcohol compound with a reagent capable of forming a leaving group to form a reaction mixture containing a intermediate; and then(b) heating the intermediate in the presence of a solvent and in the absence of any oxidizing agent to form a single naphthacene compound.