A Strategy Based on "Ambident Anthracene" for the Synthesis of Higher-Order Iptycenes

Takayuki Iwata; Mizuki Hyodo; Ryusei Kawano; Mitsuru Shindo

doi:10.1002/chem.202400145

A Strategy Based on "Ambident Anthracene" for the Synthesis of Higher-Order Iptycenes

Chemistry. 2024 Feb 12;30(9):e202400145. doi: 10.1002/chem.202400145. Epub 2024 Jan 26.

Authors

Takayuki Iwata¹, Mizuki Hyodo², Ryusei Kawano², Mitsuru Shindo¹

Affiliations

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

PMID: 38279555
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400145

Abstract

Invited for the cover of this issue is the group of Takayuki Iwata and Mitsuru Shindo at Kyushu University. The image depicts the longest-chain iptycene synthesized in this study, showing the connections between iptycene synthetic units by using transparent cases. Read the full text of the article at 10.1002/chem.202303687.