Synthesis, structure, and properties of a bay-fluorinated triphenylene

Abstract The synthesis, structure, and electronic properties of a bay-fluorinated triphenylene are reported. 2,3,6,7,10,11-Hexaethoxy-1,4,5,8,9,12-hexafluorotriphenylene (1) was synthesized via the 6-fold deprotonation and electrophilic fluorination of hexaethoxytriphenylene (2). X-ray crystallography revealed a distorted structure and columnar stacking for 1. The steric and electronic properties of 1 were examined by using photophysical measurements and theoretical calculations.