title: Star-shaped tetrathiafulvalene-fused coronene with large pi-extended conjugation.
abstract: A tristar shaped, planar TTF-fused coronene 1 was synthesized. Its electronic properties have been studied experimentally by the combination of electrochemistry and UV-vis-NIR spectroscopy. Thereby, a nanosized graphite fragment is largely extended in its size, supplemented with a multielectron donor functionality, and shaped to a strongly chromophoric species absorbing intensely in the visible part of the optical spectrum.
authors.affiliation: Departement für Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern CH-3012, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Hong-Peng
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Shi-Xia
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sanguinet
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Levillain
authors.forename: Silvio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Decurtins