title: Concave polyarenes with sulfide-linked flaps and tentacles: new electron-rich hosts for fullerenes.
abstract: Pentakis(1,4-benzodithiino)corannulene (6) in CS2 formed the strongest 1:1 complexes with C60 and C70 of any corannulene derivative yet reported. The 1,3,5,7,9-pentakis(propylthio)corannulene (4b) formed weaker 1:1 complexes with C60 and C70 in CS2, whereas the decakis(propylthio)corannulene (5b) and unsubstituted corannulene (1) showed no evidence for complexation with either C60 or C70 in CS2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, A1B3X7. parisg@mun.ca
authors.forename: Paris E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Georghiou
authors.forename: Anh Huu
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Shehadeh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mizyed
authors.forename: Mihail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bancu
authors.forename: Lawrence T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Scott