A series of 3,3''- and 4,4''-dimethoxy terphenyls with different second substituents on their ortho-positions have been synthesized and investigated upon the possibility to be oxidatively cyclodehydrogenated to the corresponding triphenylenes under Scholl-type conditions. The experimentally obtained selectivities were supported and explained by quantum chemical calculations and conclusions on the involved mechanisms (acid catalyzed arenium-ion mechanism (AIM) vs radical cation mechanism) were drawn.

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