Orthogonally Oriented Functionalities Stretched into the Three-Space:the Centropolyindanes and Their Derivatives

1 Results The centropolyindanes represent a family of novel polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons that are characterized by particularly rigid,three-dimensional frameworks.Mutual fusion of up to six indane units about a common neopentane core gives rise to various closely related,prototypical molecular scaffolds of high symmetry,and the indane units stretching out into the 3-space along the axes of the Cartesian coordinate system1-2].Among the parent centropolyindanes,tribenzotriquinacene 1 is chemically mo...