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Arene dioxides of substituted pyrenes: synthesis and X-ray structural studies
Department of Chemistry, University of MissouriSt Louis, 8001 Natural Bridge Road, St Louis, MO 63121, USA
The arene dioxides of five 1-substituted pyrenes have been synthesized using dimethyldioxirane. The diasteroisomeric distribution of the dioxides has been determined. X-ray crystallographic structures of the dioxides have also been obtained. These structures show that for the cis dioxides the molecular structures show a departure from planarity, the extent of which is dependent on the substituent.