title: Efficient room-temperature synthesis of a highly strained carbon nanohoop fragment of buckminsterfullerene.
abstract: Warped carbon-rich molecules have captured the imagination of scientists across many disciplines. Owing to their promising materials properties and challenging synthesis, strained hydrocarbons are attractive targets that push the limits of synthetic methods and molecular design. Herein we report the synthesis and characterization of [5]cycloparaphenylene ([5]CPP), a carbon nanohoop that can be envisaged as an open tubular fragment of C60, the equator of C70 fullerene and the unit cycle of a [5,5] armchair carbon nanotube. Given its calculated 119 kcal mol(-1) strain energy and severely distorted benzene rings, this synthesis, which employs a room-temperature macrocyclization of a diboronate precursor, single-electron reduction and elimination, is remarkably mild and high yielding (27% over three steps). Single-crystal X-ray diffraction data were obtained to confirm its geometry and previously disputed benzenoid character. First and second pseudoreversible oxidation and reduction events were observed via cyclic voltammetry. The ease of synthesis, high solubility and narrowest optical HOMO/LUMO gap of any para-polyphenylene synthesized make [5]CPP a desirable new material for organic electronics.
authors.affiliation: 1] Department of Chemistry and Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA [2].
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.affiliation: 1] Department of Chemistry and Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA [2].
authors.forename: Evan R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Darzi
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jasti
mesh_terms: D060326:Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D037741:Fullerenes; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon
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