Retro-Friedel-Crafts-Type Acidic Ring-Opening of Triptycenes: A New Synthetic Approach to Acenes.
Takayuki IwataRyusei KawanoTakuto FukamiMitsuru ShindoPublished in: Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) (2022)
Invited for the cover of this issue is the group of Takayuki Iwata, Mitsuru Shindo, and co-workers at Kyushu University. The image depicts ring-opening of triptycenes to afford corresponding anthrones by acid treatment. Read the full text of the article at 10.1002/chem.202104160.