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The title compound, C20H18O3, crystallizes in the space group P21/c with one mol­ecule in the asymmetric unit of the cell. The fluorene skeleton is nearly planar and the crystal structure is composed of mol­ecular layers extending parallel to the (302) plane. Within a layer, one formyl oxygen atom participates in the formation of a Carene—H...O bond, which is responsible for the formation of an inversion symmetric supra­molecular motif of graph set R22(10). A second oxygen atom is involved in an intra­molecular Carene—H...O hydrogen bond and is further connected with a formyl hydrogen atom of an adjacent mol­ecule. A Hirshfeld surface analysis indicated that the most important contributions to the overall surface are from H...H (46.9%), O...H (27.9%) and C...H (17.8%) inter­actions.

A series of new 9,9‐diethylfluorenes consisting of three side‐arms each bearing a heterocyclic, bis(carboxymethyl)amino, bis(carbamoylmethyl)amino, bis(ethoxycarbonylmethyl)amino or an amino group were prepared on the basis of 2,4,7‐tris(bromomethyl)‐9,9‐diethylfluorene. Imidazolyl, benzimidazolyl, pyrazolyl, pyrrolyl, 1,3‐dioxoisoindolyl and pyridinium groups were taken into account as heterocyclic units, attached to the aromatic skeleton via −CH2−, −CH2NHCH2− or −CH2N=CH− linkers. In addition to the seventeen 2,4,7‐trisubstituted 9,9‐diethylfluorenes, two macrocyclic compounds were prepared on the basis of 2,7‐bis(aminomethyl)‐9,9‐diethylfluorene. The excellent yield of the macrocyclization reaction is worth a special mention. Both the acyclic and the macrocyclic fluorene‐based compounds have, among other things, the potential to act as artificial receptors for different substrates in analogy to the known receptors consisting of a benzene or biphenyl core.

A series of new 9,9‐diethylfluorenes consisting of three side‐arms each bearing a heterocyclic, bis(carboxymethyl)amino, bis(carbamoylmethyl)amino, bis(ethoxycarbonylmethyl)amino or an amino group were prepared on the basis of 2,4,7‐tris(bromomethyl)‐9,9‐diethylfluorene. Imidazolyl, benzimidazolyl, pyrazolyl, pyrrolyl, 1,3‐dioxoisoindolyl and pyridinium groups were taken into account as heterocyclic units, attached to the aromatic skeleton via −CH2−, −CH2NHCH2− or −CH2N=CH− linkers. In addition to the seventeen 2,4,7‐trisubstituted 9,9‐diethylfluorenes, two macrocyclic compounds were prepared on the basis of 2,7‐bis(aminomethyl)‐9,9‐diethylfluorene. The excellent yield of the macrocyclization reaction is worth a special mention. Both the acyclic and the macrocyclic fluorene‐based compounds have, among other things, the potential to act as artificial receptors for different substrates in analogy to the known receptors consisting of a benzene or biphenyl core.

A series of new 9,9‐diethylfluorenes consisting of three side‐arms each bearing a heterocyclic, bis(carboxymethyl)amino, bis(carbamoylmethyl)amino, bis(ethoxycarbonylmethyl)amino or an amino group were prepared on the basis of 2,4,7‐tris(bromomethyl)‐9,9‐diethylfluorene. Imidazolyl, benzimidazolyl, pyrazolyl, pyrrolyl, 1,3‐dioxoisoindolyl and pyridinium groups were taken into account as heterocyclic units, attached to the aromatic skeleton via −CH2−, −CH2NHCH2− or −CH2N=CH− linkers. In addition to the seventeen 2,4,7‐trisubstituted 9,9‐diethylfluorenes, two macrocyclic compounds were prepared on the basis of 2,7‐bis(aminomethyl)‐9,9‐diethylfluorene. The excellent yield of the macrocyclization reaction is worth a special mention. Both the acyclic and the macrocyclic fluorene‐based compounds have, among other things, the potential to act as artificial receptors for different substrates in analogy to the known receptors consisting of a benzene or biphenyl core.

A series of new 9,9‐diethylfluorenes consisting of three side‐arms each bearing a heterocyclic, bis(carboxymethyl)amino, bis(carbamoylmethyl)amino, bis(ethoxycarbonylmethyl)amino or an amino group were prepared on the basis of 2,4,7‐tris(bromomethyl)‐9,9‐diethylfluorene. Imidazolyl, benzimidazolyl, pyrazolyl, pyrrolyl, 1,3‐dioxoisoindolyl and pyridinium groups were taken into account as heterocyclic units, attached to the aromatic skeleton via −CH2−, −CH2NHCH2− or −CH2N=CH− linkers. In addition to the seventeen 2,4,7‐trisubstituted 9,9‐diethylfluorenes, two macrocyclic compounds were prepared on the basis of 2,7‐bis(aminomethyl)‐9,9‐diethylfluorene. The excellent yield of the macrocyclization reaction is worth a special mention. Both the acyclic and the macrocyclic fluorene‐based compounds have, among other things, the potential to act as artificial receptors for different substrates in analogy to the known receptors consisting of a benzene or biphenyl core.