title: Thienyl directed polyaromatic C-C bond fusions: S-doped hexabenzocoronenes.
abstract: With a view to combining the desirable electronic and photochemical properties of hexabenzocoronene (HBC) and the C-C bond forming capabilities of thiophenes, 1-(3-thienyl)-2,3,4,5,6-penta(4-tert-butyl-phenyl)benzene (1) was oxidised using FeCl(3). The resulting products, superaromatic thiophene (2) and its 5,5'-dimer (3), are S-HBC systems and provide a new pair of spectral comparators.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.
authors.forename: Colin J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Belén
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: Sarath D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Perera
authors.forename: Sylvia M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Draper