Wiley-VCH Verlag, ChemInform, 47(43), p. no-no, 2012
Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 65(48), p. 8066
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc33892k
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The oxidative cyclodehydrogenation of electron-poor arenes was achieved using DDQ-CF(3)SO(3)H resulting in hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes with electron withdrawing Br, F and CF(3) groups. This method will lead to their expansion into a new class of electron transport materials.