TRIPTYCENE

Description

Triptycene, or 9,10-dihydro-9,10[1’,2’]-benzenoanthracene, is a C14?hydrocarbon with?D3h?symmetry. Paul D. Bartlett and co-workers reported its synthesis in 1942; they named it after “the triptych of antiquity, which was a book with three leaves hinged on a common axis.” Its rigid framework has been incorporated in molecular motors and certain catalyst ligands.

Chemical properties

YELLOWISH-BEIGE TO GREYISH NEEDLE-LIKE CRYSTALS

The Uses of TRIPTYCENE

Triptycene was used in determination of diffusion coefficients of radical ions of hexafluorobenzene, diphenylacetylene, triptycene and tetraphenylnapthalene in liquid n-hexane and n-hexadecane.

Definition

ChEBI: Triptycene is a member of anthracenes.

General Description

Triptycene is the structural building block for triptycene-based polymer of intrinsic microporosity due to its rigid, fused-ring skeleton and three-fold symmetry. Triptycene-based cylindrical macrotricyclic polyether containing two dibenzo[24]crown-8 cavities has been synthesized and proved to be a highly efficient host for the complexation with paraquat derivatives.