Tetrahedron

2, 3: 4, 5: 8, 9: 10, 11-Tetrabenzoperylene and 1, 2: 3, 4: 7, 8: 9, 10-tetrabenzocoronene

E Clar, BA McAndrew

Index: Clar,E.; McAndrew,B.A. Tetrahedron, 1972 , vol. 28, p. 1137 - 1142

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Abstract

Tetrabenzoperylene (IV) was synthesized in order to see whether it has fixed double bonds suitable for a double diene synthesis with maleic anhydride. This was found to be the case. From the double adduct (VI) tetrabenzocoronene (VIIIa) was obtained. It cannot have superaromaticity as shown in VIIIb. Attempts to obtain tetrabenzocoronene by photocyclization from IX gave diphenyltribenzopyrene (X).