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Nonacethrene Unchained: A Cascade to Chiral Contorted Conjugated Hydrocarbon with Two sp3-Defects

Čavlović, Daniel; Häussinger, Daniel; Blacque, Olivier; Ravat, Prince; Juricek, Michal (2022). Nonacethrene Unchained: A Cascade to Chiral Contorted Conjugated Hydrocarbon with Two sp3-Defects. JACS Au, 2(7):1616-1626.

Abstract

We demonstrate that structurally complex carbon nanostructures can be achieved via a synthetic approach that capitalizes on a π-radical reaction cascade. The cascade is triggered by oxidation of a dihydro precursor of helical diradicaloid nonacethrene to give a chiral contorted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon named hypercethrene. In this ten-electron oxidation process, four σ-bonds, one π-bond, and three six-membered rings are formed in a sequence of up to nine steps to yield a 72-carbon-atom warped framework, comprising two configurationally locked [7]helicene units, a fluorescent peropyrene unit, and two precisely installed sp3-defects. The key intermediate in this cascade is a closed nonacethrene derivative with one quaternary sp3-center, presumably formed via an electrocyclic ring closure of nonacethrene, which, when activated by oxidation, undergoes a reaction cascade analogous to the oxidative dimerization of phenalenyl to peropyrene. By controlling the amount of oxidant used, two intermediates and one side product could be isolated and fully characterized, including single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, and two intermediates were detected by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. In concert with density functional theory calculations, these intermediates support the proposed reaction mechanism. Compared to peropyrene, the absorption and emission of hypercethrene are slightly red-shifted on account of extended π-conjugation and the fluorescence quantum yield of 0.45 is decreased by a factor of ∼2. Enantiomerically enriched hypercethrene displays circularly polarized luminescence with a brightness value of 8.3 M-1 cm-1. Our results show that reactions of graphene-based π-radicals-typically considered an "undefined decomposition" of non-zero-spin materials-can be well-defined and selective, and have potential to be transformed into a step-economic synthetic method toward complex carbon nanostructures.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:07 Faculty of Science > Department of Chemistry
Dewey Decimal Classification:540 Chemistry
Scopus Subject Areas:Physical Sciences > Catalysis
Physical Sciences > General Chemistry
Life Sciences > Biochemistry
Physical Sciences > Colloid and Surface Chemistry
Language:English
Date:25 July 2022
Deposited On:10 Jan 2023 14:20
Last Modified:28 Oct 2024 02:41
Publisher:American Chemical Society (ACS)
ISSN:2691-3704
OA Status:Gold
Free access at:PubMed ID. An embargo period may apply.
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.2c00190
PubMed ID:35911448
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  • Funder: Universit?t Basel
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  • Funder: Julius-Maximilians-Universit?t W?rzburg
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  • Funder: H2020
  • Grant ID: 716139
  • Project Title: INSPIRAL - Spin-Delocalization with a Twist: Chiral Open-Shell Helices
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