title: Synthesis and first X-ray structure of a hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene-fullerene-dyad: a model for an inter-carbon-allotrope hybrid.
abstract: The synthesis of a new hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene (HBC)-fullerene dyad was accomplished involving a covalent linkage between both the planar and the spherical conjugated π-system of the two chromophores. We also present the first X-ray single crystal structure of a HBC-fullerene conjugate. A very short HBC-fullerene distance of 3.2 Å is observed. For the synthesis of this molecule, a new versatile applicable template, namely, a mono-functionalized hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene was attached to a fullerene. Absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy, as well as quantum yield measurements of , indicated close electronic communication between the two subunits, which is promising for possible applications in molecular electronics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Organic Chemistry & Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestrasse 42, 91054 Erlangen, Germany. andreas.hirsch@chemie.uni-erlangen.de.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kratzer
authors.forename: Jan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Englert
authors.forename: Dominik
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lungerich
authors.forename: Frank W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Heinemann
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jux
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirsch