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Compressed Corannulene in a Molecular Cage |
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| Authors: | Dr. Bernd M. Schmidt Dr. Takafumi Osuga Dr. Tomohisa Sawada Dr. Manabu Hoshino Prof. Dr. Makoto Fujita |
| Affiliation: | Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
| Abstract: | Self‐assembled coordination cages can be employed as a molecular press, where the bowl‐shaped guest corannulene (C20H10) is significantly flattened upon inclusion within the hydrophobic cavity. This is demonstrated by the pairwise inclusion of corannulene with naphthalene diimide as well as by the dimer inclusion of bromocorannulene inside the box‐like host. The compressed corannulene structures are unambiguously revealed by single‐crystal X‐ray analysis. |
| Keywords: | cage compounds corannulenes host– guest systems supramolecular chemistry π interactions |