Synthesis and studies of 1,4,5,8,9,12,13,16-octamethoxytetraphenylene

Chun Wing Lai; Chi Keung Lam; Hung Kay Lee; Thomas C W Mak; Henry N C Wong

doi:10.1021/ol020253s

Synthesis and studies of 1,4,5,8,9,12,13,16-octamethoxytetraphenylene

Org Lett. 2003 Mar 20;5(6):823-6. doi: 10.1021/ol020253s.

Authors

Chun Wing Lai¹, Chi Keung Lam, Hung Kay Lee, Thomas C W Mak, Henry N C Wong

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Central Laboratory of the Institute of Molecular Technology for Drug Discovery and Synthesis, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China.

PMID: 12633081
DOI: 10.1021/ol020253s

Abstract

[structure: see text] The synthesis of 1,4,5,8,9,12,13,16-octamethoxytetraphenylene (6) is accomplished in five steps from 3,6-dimethoxy-2-nitroaniline (8). Its inclusion property and the electrochemical data of the corresponding tetraquinone 7 are presented.