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Synfacts 2009(3): 0275-0275  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1087764
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Synthesis of Alkoxy-Substituted Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Ryan M. Moslin
S. H. Wadumethrige, R. Rathore*
Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA
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19 February 2009 (online)

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Based upon the mechanistic rational for the formation of 2 from 1 under oxidative cyclodehydrogenation conditions, the authors devise a means to access 4. The presented work recognizes the importance of the quinodal structure of the radical cation to design a starting material (3) that will provide the desired hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene (HBC, 4) under the reaction conditions.