title: Functional Sulfur-Doped Buckybowls and Their Concave-Convex Supramolecular Assembly with Fullerenes.
abstract: Buckybowls are fascinating components of supramolecular assemblies owing to their unique bowl-shaped π-surfaces. Herein we present a protocol for the functionalization of a sulfur-doped buckybowl, trithiasumanene, via a brominated intermediate, from which thiolated trithiasumanenes were derived. The curved surface and electron-donating properties of thiolated trithiasumanenes promote their ready assembly with fullerenes to form concave-convex complexes. The supramolecular assembly behavior in solution was investigated by NMR analysis. The structures of supramolecular complexes were unambiguously characterized by crystallography. The crystals of the concave-convex complexes showed high thermal stability and photoconductivity.
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
authors.forename: Yu-Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
authors.forename: Bo-Wei
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
authors.forename: Qian-Yan
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Tsuneaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China. yuanzhi_tan@xmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yuan-Zhi
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China. syxie@xmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Su-Yuan
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
authors.forename: Lan-Sun
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Zheng
keywords: buckybowls; fullerenes; sulfur; supramolecular assemblies; π interactions