Stacking of molecules possessing a fullerene apex and a cup-shaped cavity connected by a silicon connection.
Hexagonal or tetragonal packing of columnar stacks in crystals and liquid crystals has been observed for a series of molecules possessing a fullerene apex and an aromatic cone that are connected with a Si-C connection. The columnar stacking of the new shuttlecock molecules is constitutionally stable but conformationally flexible due to the large cavity created on the top of the fullerene molecule.
Matsuo
Yutaka
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Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Muramatsu
Ayako
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Hamasaki
Ryo
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Mizoshita
Norihiro
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Kato
Takashi
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Nakamura
Eiichi
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