Lm. Wilson et Ac. Griffin, SYNTHESIS OF MOLECULAR JACKS - RIGID TETRAHEDRAL MOLECULES WITH P-PHENYLENE ARMS, Journal of materials chemistry, 3(9), 1993, pp. 991-994
A family of rigid tetrahedral molecules based on tetraphenylmethane ha
s been synthesized. The primary preparative chemistry involved Suzuki
coupling. Reactions typically proceeded in good yields providing synth
etic entry to tetrahedral building blocks for molecular engineering of
architecturally regular macromolecular systems.