Facile synthesis of Janus "double-concave" tribenzo[a,g,m]coronenes.
Hexabutoxytribenzo[a,g,m]coronenes have been prepared in three steps from readily accessible hexabutoxytriphenylene. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that these molecules can adopt an extraordinary "double-concave" conformation that makes them ideal hosts for the binding of different guest molecules at each face.
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Zhongtao
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Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China.
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Zhaohui
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Zhu
Daoben
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