Synthesis 1997; 1997(5): 506-508
DOI: 10.1055/s-1997-1233
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Synthesis of 6,7-Benz[c]acephenanthrylene and Its Photodimerization to a Simple Molecular Tweezer

Philip Magnus* , Jonathan C. Morris, Vince Lynch
  • *Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA, Fax +1(512)4717839
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Publication Date:
31 December 2000 (online)

A short convenient synthesis of 6,7-benz[c]acephenanthrylene (2) is described. Solutions of C60 (1) in toluene exposed to laboratory lighting readily photodimerize to the cis-cyclobutane 14, with a molecule of toluene intercalated inside the molecular cleft.

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