Pronounced bond length alternation in the central aromatic ring is the eye-catching structural feature of triepoxytriphenylene 1. By contrast, no significant bond length alternation is observed in the linearly bisannelated compounds 2 and 3. The key difference is ascribed to the position of annelations with the bicyclic units.
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