title: Pentiptycene chemistry: new pentiptycene building blocks derived from pentiptycene quinones.
abstract: [reaction: see text] An efficient synthesis of new middle-ring disubstituted pentiptycenes from pentiptycene quinone is reported. One of the substituents is a bromo, iodo, amino, nitro, cyano, or formyl group and the other is a hydroxy or alkoxy group. These disubstituted pentiptycenes are potential building blocks for constructing novel pentiptycene-incorporated systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617. jsyang@ntu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Jye-Shane
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ching-Wei
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Ko