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Palladium catalysis has been found to offer an effective solution phase alt
ernative to gas phase flash vacuum pyrolysis as a method for converting the
planar ring system of 7,10-di(2-bromophenyl)fluoranthene (4) to that of th
e C28H14 bowl-shaped fullerene fragment dibenzo[a,g]corannulene (5).