Part 3: Not-fully-benzenoid PAHs

Question 1

What is the mallory reaction?

Answer 1

Question 2

Give the Mallory mechanism

Answer 2

Question 3

What are Phenacenes?

Question 4

Draw [3]Phenacene

Answer 4

Phenanthrene

Question 5

Draw [4]Phenacene

Answer 5

chrysene

Question 6

Draw [5]Phenacene

Answer 6

picene

Question 7

[6]phenacene

Answer 7

fulminene

Question 8

Wittig reaction!

Question 9

Mallory reaction towards higher Phenacenes

Answer 9

Question 10

Sommelet reaction!

Answer 10

Question 11

How can you combine Sommelet reaction and Wittig to produce phenacenes?

Question 12

Another synthetic method towards higher phenacenes

Answer 12

Question 13

what is contorted hexabenzocoronene (c-HBC)

Answer 13

Question 14

Corey-Fuchs reaction!

Answer 14

Question 15

Katz-modified Mallory reaction!

Question 16

Barton-Kellogg reaction!

Answer 16

Question 17

Give the mechanism of the Barton-kellog reaction!

Answer 17

Question 18

Synthesis of Triphenylene Derivatives

Question 19

Intramolecular Photochemical Cyclodehydrohalogenation Reaction

Question 20

Intramolecular Photochemical Cyclodefluorination Reaction

Question 21

Intramolecular Aryl-Aryl coupling through C-F bond activation