title: Synthesis, structures and optical properties of trisilasumanene and its related compounds.
abstract: Novel trisilasumanenes that have no substituents on the exo carbon atoms, silicon analogues of sumanene, were prepared via repetitive lithiations of triphenylene followed by introduction of silicon functionalities. The optical properties of these trisilasumanenes and their related compounds were investigated by UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama 338-8570, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanikawa
authors.forename: Masaichi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Jing Dong
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagase