title: A buckybowl with a lot of potential: C5-C20H5(CF3)5.
abstract: Lots of potential: a trifluoromethylated corannulene, C(5)-C(20)H(5)(CF(3))(5), has been prepared and characterized spectroscopically and by X-ray crystallography. The structure exhibits a highly ordered bowl stacking that is unusual for corannulenes with acyclic substituents. The first reduction of C(5)-C(20)H(5)(CF(3))(5) is anodically shifted by 0.95 V, making it the strongest corannulene-based electron acceptor to date.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 80523, USA.
authors.forename: Igor V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Kuvychko
authors.forename: Sarah N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Spisak
authors.forename: Yu-Sheng
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Alexey A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Popov
authors.forename: Marina A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Petrukhina
authors.forename: Steven H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: Olga V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Boltalina