Synfacts 2009(10): 1101-1101  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1217931
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Benzenoid Rings in Triptycene are Communicated

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Jose M. Lobez
V. J. Chebny, T. S. Navale, R. Shukla, S. V. Lindeman, R. Rathore*
Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA
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Publication History

Publication Date:
22 September 2009 (online)

Significance

Electron spin resonance (ESR) and photoelectron spectroscopy suggest significant electronic coupling among the three benzenoid rings of triptycene derivatives. Elucidation of the crystal structure of the radical cation of 1 provides further evidence for this hypothesis.