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?-extended [12]cycloparaphenylenes: from a hexaphenylbenzene cyclohexamer to its unexpected C2-symmetric congener.


ABSTRACT: The synthesis of ?-extended [12]cycloparaphenylene (CPP) derivatives from a kinked triangular macrocycle is presented. Depending on the reaction conditions for reductive aromatization, either a hexaphenylbenzene cyclohexamer or its C2-symmetric congener was obtained. Their structures were confirmed by NMR spectroscopy or X-ray crystallographic analysis. With the support of DFT calculations, a mechanistic explanation for the unexpected formation of the oval shaped bis(cyclohexadiene)-bridged C2-symmetric macrocycle is provided. The here employed congested hexaphenylbenzene mode of connectivity in conjunction with a non-strained precursor improves oxidative cyclodehydrogenation toward the formation of ultrashort carbon nanotubes (CNT)s. Thus, this strategy can pave the way for new conceptual approaches of a solution-based bottom-up synthesis of CNTs.

SUBMITTER: Golling FE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5510010 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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π-extended [12]cycloparaphenylenes: from a hexaphenylbenzene cyclohexamer to its unexpected <i>C</i><sub>2</sub>-symmetric congener.

Golling Florian E FE   Osella Silvio S   Quernheim Martin M   Wagner Manfred M   Beljonne David D   Müllen Klaus K  

Chemical science 20150908 12


The synthesis of π-extended [12]cycloparaphenylene (CPP) derivatives from a kinked triangular macrocycle is presented. Depending on the reaction conditions for reductive aromatization, either a hexaphenylbenzene cyclohexamer or its <i>C</i><sub>2</sub>-symmetric congener was obtained. Their structures were confirmed by NMR spectroscopy or X-ray crystallographic analysis. With the support of DFT calculations, a mechanistic explanation for the unexpected formation of the oval shaped bis(cyclohexad  ...[more]

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