Water → Hexahydroxytriphenylene

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Boron tribromide (8.6 g, 0.034 mol) in dry dichloromethane (80 ml) was added to hexamethoxytriphenylene (2 g, 0.0049 mol) in dry dichloromethane (100 ml) under a dry nitrogen atmosphere at -80° C. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature overnight. Water was added and the dichloromethane was removed under reduced pressure. The crude product was filtered off. The hexahydroxytriphenylene was purified by recrystallisation from water.

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