Chemistry Letters, Vol.42, No.4, 386-388, 2013
Synthesis of Substituted Sumanenes by Aromatic Electrophilic Substitution Reactions
Electrophilic substitution reactions of sumanene were studied. Mono-, di-, and trisubstituted sumanenes were selectively prepared with the separation of all regioisomers. The regioselectivity was predicted well by the HOMO density values determined by DFT calculations.