Issue 31, 2020

Tubularenes

Abstract

We report the synthesis and characterization of conjugated, conformationally rigid, and electroactive carbon-based nanotubes that we term tubularenes. These structures are constructed from a resorcin[nb]arene base. Cyclization of the conjugated aromatic nanotube is achieved in one-pot eight-fold C–C bond formation via Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling. DFT calculations indicate a buildup of strain energy in excess of 90 kcal mol−1. The resulting architectures contain large internal void spaces >260 Å3, are fluorescent, and able to accept up to 4 electrons. This represents the first scaffolding approach that provides conjugated nanotube architectures.

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Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
18 jun 2020
Accepted
13 jul 2020
First published
14 jul 2020
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2020,11, 8089-8094

Tubularenes

S. Mirzaei, E. Castro and R. H. Sánchez, Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 8089 DOI: 10.1039/D0SC03384G

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