Triptycene1 (9, 10-o-Benzenoanthracene)

PD Bartlett, MJ Ryan, SG Cohen

Index: Bartlett; Ryan; Cohen Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1942 , vol. 64, p. 2649,2651

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Citation Number: 179

Abstract

H predict that the analog (I) of the triphenylmethyl radical in which the ortho positions of the three phenyl groups are united to a common CH should have much less tendency to exist as a free radical than triphenylmethyl itself, as a result of its inability to assume the coplanar form demanded by the usual resonance structure^.^ With the eventual purpose of testing this prediction we have prepared the parent hydrocarbon I1 (9, lO-o-benzenoanthracene, or ...