title: Syntheses of cyclotriveratrylene analogues and their long elusive triketone congeners.
abstract: Although interest in cyclotriveratrylene and its analogues has been significant, limitations in the ability to adjust its structure fully have hampered studies into their complete range of properties. A unique strategy to synthesize a previously unobtainable cyclotriveratrylene analogue and a procedure which adjusts the inner methylene bridges of that material to a triketone is reported. A second triketone synthesis and computational studies indicate the parameters needed for success.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Columbia University , 3000 Broadway, New York, New York 10027, United States.
authors.forename: Nathan E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Adel M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: ElSohly
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Snyder
mesh_terms: D007659:Ketones / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D007659:Ketones; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds; C483859:cyclotriveratrylene