Geodesic polyarenes by flash vacuum pyrolysis

Geodesic polyarenes constitute a rapidly growing family of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) that resemble the geodesic domes of the great 20th century American architect Buckminster Fuller. It is possible to prepare number of bowl shaped PAH ring systems and study their chemical properties by employing syntheses based on flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP).