title: "The great escape" from antiaromaticity: reduction of strained pyrenes.
abstract: The two-electron reduction of strained pyrenes ([7](2,7)pyrenophanes) with lithium metal leads to the formation of a new sigma-bond as a means to "escape" strained antiaromaticity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
authors.forename: Ivan
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authors.lastname: Aprahamian
authors.forename: Graham J
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authors.lastname: Bodwell
authors.forename: James J
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authors.lastname: Fleming
authors.forename: Gregory P
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authors.lastname: Manning
authors.forename: Michael R
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authors.forename: Tuvia
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authors.lastname: Sheradsky
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authors.lastname: Vermeij
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authors.lastname: Rabinovitz