title: Tribenzotriquinacenes bearing six-fold benzofuran extensions: electron-rich C3v-symmetrical hosts for C60.
abstract: New tribenzotriquinacene (TBTQ) hosts bearing six-fold peripheral benzofuran functionalization have been synthesized. The three polycondensed arene wings were shown to operate optically independently and to generate deeply bowl-shaped C(3v)-symmetrical frameworks that act as relatively weak hosts toward C(60), as revealed by (1)H NMR spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zi-Yang
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: An-Le
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Xiao-Jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Xiao-Ping
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Dietmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kuck