Synthesis and properties of trefoil-shaped tris(hexadehydrotribenzo[12] annulene) and tris(tetradehydrotribenzo[12]annulene)

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2933-2936

  Yoshimura, Takashi ^a   Inaba, Akiko ^a   Sonoda, Motohiro ^a   Tahara, Kazukuni ^a   Tobe, Yoshito ^a   Williams, Richard Vaughan ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

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EID: 33746596548     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol060781u     Document Type: Article

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