Triptycene and its derivatives are a class of interesting aromatic compounds with unique, concave, three-dimensional frameworks. Because of the almost perfectly trigonal shape they have been used for several different applications in the field of material chemistry. Typically the synthesis of triptycene-based compounds starts from the formation of the very reactive benzyne intermediate, for example, from the anthranilic acid, which can easily undergo Diels-Alder reaction with anthracene to form the triptycene core as shown in Fig. 1.
Formation of the triptycene core
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Carta, M. (2015). Triptycene Polymer with Intrinsic Microporosity. In: Drioli, E., Giorno, L. (eds) Encyclopedia of Membranes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40872-4_1966-1
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