“…For example, 1,2,4,5-tetraaminobenzene 2 (1) and its oxidized derivative, 2,5-diamino-1,4-benzoquinonediimine 3 (2), have found great utility in organic, organometallic, and macromolecular chemistry. They have found potential and utility as ditopic ligands in coordination chemistry, 4 as pH-dependent chromophores, 5 as difunctional monomers in the synthesis of main-chain organometallic 6 and supramolecular polymers, 7 and as π-complexation partners in supramolecular systems. 8 While 1 9 is commercially available (as its tetrahydrochloride salt), access to its N,N′,N′′,N′′′-tetra(alkyl and aryl) derivatives remains synthetically challenging due to the high propensity of these electron-rich arenes to oxidize during isolation.…”