Synthesis of homochiral tris-indanyl molecular rods.
Homochiral tris-indanyl molecular rods designed for supramolecular surface self-assembly were synthesized. The chiral indanol moiety was constructed via a Ti-mediated alkyne trimerization. Further manipulations resulted in a homochiral indanol monomer. This was employed as the precursor for successive Sonogashira and Ohira-Bestman reactions towards the homochiral tris-indanyl molecular rods. The molecular rods will be applied for scanning tunnelling microscopy studies of their surface self-assembly and chirality.
Aarhus University, iNANO and Department of Chemistry, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark. kvg@chem.au.dk.
Niels Due
ND
Kjeldsen
Erik Daa
ED
Funder
Kurt V
KV
Gothelf