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Synfacts 2008(10): 1045-1045  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1078043
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Big, Flat Molecules

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Jeewoo Lim
R. Rieger, M. Kastler, V. Enkelmann, K. Müllen*
Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz and BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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22 September 2008 (online)

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Significance

The authors report syntheses of three methoxy-substituted coronenes (2a-c) in good yields from paracyclophanes. These coronenes show high solubility in organic solvents. This synthesis provides a route to coronenes with various substituents.