Centrohexaindane: six benzene rings mutually fixed in three dimensions - solid-state structure and six-fold nitration.

The solid-state molecular structure of centrohexaindane (), a unique hydrocarbon comprising six benzene rings clamped to each other in three dimensions around a neopentane core, and the molecular packing in crystals of ·CHCl3 are reported. The molecular Td-symmetry and the Cartesian orientation of the six indane wings of in the solid state have been confirmed. The course and limitation of electrophilic aromatic substitution of are demonstrated for the case of nitration.

Methoxy-substituted centrohexaindanes through the fenestrane route.

Tetrahydroxyfenestrindane undergoes HPF6-catalyzed condensation with anisole, 2-methylanisole and the three dimethoxybenzenes to furnish several centrohexaindanes bearing oxyfunctionalization at the opposite ends of one of the three [2,2']-spirobiindane axes.