1. Departamento de Química, Universidad de las Islas Baleares, 07122 Palma de Mallorca (Spain), Fax: (+34)?971‐173426;2. Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid (Spain)
Abstract:
Predictions (DFT/B3LYP calculations) are that cyclopentadienyl lithium edge‐fused to [n]circulenes in a circum‐like manner should self‐assemble as rod‐like, nanometer long, supersandwich compounds (see figure). On the contrary, triazolyl lithium analogues prefer to dimerize thereby giving rise to shell‐like dimers of variable curvatures.
