Retro-Friedel-Crafts-Type Acidic Ring-Opening of Triptycenes: A New Synthetic Approach to Acenes

Takayuki Iwata; Ryusei Kawano; Takuto Fukami; Mitsuru Shindo

doi:10.1002/chem.202200416

Retro-Friedel-Crafts-Type Acidic Ring-Opening of Triptycenes: A New Synthetic Approach to Acenes

Chemistry. 2022 Feb 24;28(12):e202200416. doi: 10.1002/chem.202200416. Epub 2022 Feb 18.

Authors

Takayuki Iwata¹, Ryusei Kawano², Takuto Fukami², Mitsuru Shindo¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-koen, Kasuga, 816-8580, Japan.
² Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-koen, Kasuga, 816-8580, Japan.

PMID: 35179260
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200416

Abstract

Invited for the cover of this issue is the group of Takayuki Iwata, Mitsuru Shindo, and co-workers at Kyushu University. The image depicts ring-opening of triptycenes to afford corresponding anthrones by acid treatment. Read the full text of the article at 10.1002/chem.202104160.