Ball-and-Socket Stacking of Supercharged Geodesic Polyarenes: Bonding by Interstitial Lithium Ions
摘要:
Unprecedented supramolecular stacks of highly reduced geodesic pi-systems were prepared by the reduction of the derivatized fullerenes Me5C60H and Ph5C60H and corannulene with lithium metal (R5C605-/Cor(4-)/9Li(+)). The host-guest assemblies form because of the enhanced electrostatic interactions between the lithium cations and the anionic moieties, in addition to the structural compatibility between the curved hydrocarbons. The high stability of these new supramolecular assemblies (heterodimers) enables the introduction of another organization motif to the system. This is achieved by using tethered corannulenes as host molecules, which leads to the formation of tethered bis-heterodimers ((Me5C605-/Cor(4-))(2)(CH2)(8)/18Li(+)).
Ball-and-Socket Stacking of Supercharged Geodesic Polyarenes: Bonding by Interstitial Lithium Ions
作者:Ivan Aprahamian、David Eisenberg、Roy E. Hoffman、Tamar Sternfeld、Yutaka Matsuo、Edward A. Jackson、Eiichi Nakamura、Lawrence T. Scott、Tuvia Sheradsky、Mordecai Rabinovitz
DOI:10.1021/ja0515102
日期:2005.7.1
Unprecedented supramolecular stacks of highly reduced geodesic pi-systems were prepared by the reduction of the derivatized fullerenes Me5C60H and Ph5C60H and corannulene with lithium metal (R5C605-/Cor(4-)/9Li(+)). The host-guest assemblies form because of the enhanced electrostatic interactions between the lithium cations and the anionic moieties, in addition to the structural compatibility between the curved hydrocarbons. The high stability of these new supramolecular assemblies (heterodimers) enables the introduction of another organization motif to the system. This is achieved by using tethered corannulenes as host molecules, which leads to the formation of tethered bis-heterodimers ((Me5C605-/Cor(4-))(2)(CH2)(8)/18Li(+)).
Addition of Organolithium Reagents to Corannulene and Conformational Preferences in 1-Alkyl-1,2-dihydrocorannulenes
作者:Andrzej Sygula、Renata Sygula、Frank R. Fronczek、Peter W. Rabideau
DOI:10.1021/jo0258498
日期:2002.9.1
Addition of organolithiumreagents to corannulene (1) produces 1-R-1,2-dihydrocorannulenes (2), which can be easily converted to 1-R-corannulenes (3). Molecular mechanics (MM) calculations predict a slight pseudoequatorial preference for the small substituents in both exo and endo arrangements of 2, whereas bulky substituents are expected to favor strongly the exo-pseudoaxial location. X-ray diffraction