“…[40][41][42] The synthesis of novel iDLCs is still facing big challenges, as the construction of charged heterocyclic aromatic hydrocar-bons is rendered more difficult by more complex synthetic methodologies based on coupling reactions of variable effi cien-cies, and their extremely tedious purifications. 42 Here, we report a simple molecular design and straightforward synthesis of the azatriphenylene molecular unit, i.e. N-heterocyclic aro-matic, 2, and of the corresponding series of quaternized salts 3 and 4 (Scheme 1) with anions such as Br , I , NO 3 , BF 4 , PF 6 , triflate (CF 3 SO 3 -TfO ), bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)-imide (Tf 2 N ), tosylate (TsO ), saccharinate (sac ), D and L camphorsulfate (CS ), alkylsulfonates (C n H 2n+1 SO 3 ), and alkyl-sulfates (C n H 2n+1 SO 4 ).…”