Towards the Design of Tricyclopentatriphenylene ('Sumanene'): a 'Bowl-shaped' Hydrocarbon featuring a Structural Motif Present in C60 (Buckminsterfullerene)
A short synthesis of C3 symmetry 1,5,9-trimethyltriphenylene 3a and its further elaboration to methyl dicyclopentatriphenylene is reported.