Synthesis and structures of heterasumanenes having different heteroatom functionalities

After the protection of two α-carbons of the dibenzothiophene moiety in triphenylenothiophene 1 by trimethylsilyl groups, the resulting compound 4 reacted with butyllithium followed by dichlorodimethylsilane to afford 10H-silolo[2′,3′,4′,5′:4,5]triphenyleno[1,12-bcd]thiophene 8, which reacted with butyllithium followed by dichlorodimethylsilane to afford novel heterasumanene 11. Using dichlorodimethylstannane instead of dichlorodimethylsilane afforded heterasumanene 12, which is the first example of a heterasumanene having three different heteroatom functionalities.