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Triptycenene quinone 1 was converted to triptycene cyclopentenedione 5 through hydroxyquinone-phenyliodonium ylide formation and thermal ring contraction of the latter. Cyclopentenedione 5 reacts as a dienophile and as a dipolarophile with dienes and nitrile oxides, affording polycyclic adducts bearing the triptycene moiety.
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