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Revisiting Kekulene: Synthesis and Single-Molecule Imaging.

ABSTRACT: Four decades after the first (and only) reported synthesis of kekulene, this emblematic cycloarene has been obtained again through an improved route involving the construction of a key synthetic intermediate, 5,6,8,9-tetrahydrobenzo[m]tetraphene, by means of a double Diels-Alder reaction between styrene and a versatile benzodiyne synthon. Ultra-high-resolution AFM imaging of single molecules of kekulene and computational calculations provide additional support for a molecular structure with a significant degree of bond localization in accordance with the resonance structure predicted by the Clar model.

SUBMITTER: Pozo I

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6786662 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Revisiting Kekulene: Synthesis and Single-Molecule Imaging.

Pozo Iago I Majzik Zsolt Z Pavliček Niko N Melle-Franco Manuel M Guitián Enrique E Peña Diego D Gross Leo L Pérez Dolores D

Journal of the American Chemical Society 20190923 39

Four decades after the first (and only) reported synthesis of kekulene, this emblematic cycloarene has been obtained again through an improved route involving the construction of a key synthetic intermediate, 5,6,8,9-tetrahydrobenzo[<i>m</i>]tetraphene, by means of a double Diels-Alder reaction between styrene and a versatile benzodiyne synthon. Ultra-high-resolution AFM imaging of single molecules of kekulene and computational calculations provide additional support for a molecular structure wi ...[more]

PMID: 31525873

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Revisiting Kekulene: Synthesis and Single-Molecule Imaging.

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Revisiting Kekulene: Synthesis and Single-Molecule Imaging.

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