TY - JOUR AU - Yang, Xuejin; Miao, Qian TI - Studies toward the Synthesis of Hepta-peri-heptabenzo-[7]circulene SN - 0936-5214 SN - 1437-2096 PY - 2016 JO - Synlett JF - Synlett LA - EN VL - 27 IS - 14 SP - 2091 EP - 2094 ET - 2016/07/05 DA - 2016/08/22 KW - polycyclic arenes KW - negatively curved π molecules KW - oxidative cyclodehydrogenation AB - In this letter we report the synthesis and characterization of two new heptagon-embedded nonplanar π-conjugated molecules, which can be regarded as synthetic precursors of hepta-peri-heptabenzo-[7]circulene, an interesting but unknown polycyclic arene with negative curvature. PB - © Georg Thieme Verlag DO - 10.1055/s-0035-1562510 UR - http://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0035-1562510 ER -