5,6,11,12,17,18-hexadehydro-1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaethynyltribenzo[a,e,i] cyclododecene: Synthesis and CpCo-catalyzed cycloisomerization to the first superdelocalized oligophenylenes

Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English)

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 2103-2108

  Eickmeier, Christian ^a,b   Junga, Heiko ^a,b   Matzger, Adam J ^a,b   Scherhag, Frank ^a,b   Shim, Moonsub ^a,b   Vollhardt, K Peter C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromaticity; Carbon allotropes; Cyclotrimerizations; Phenylenes; Superdelocalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030825895     PISSN: 05700833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.199721031     Document Type: Article

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