Redox‐Active Corannulene Buckybowls in a Crystalline Hybrid Scaffold |
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| Authors: | Dr. W. Brett Fellows Allison M. Rice Derek E. Williams Ekaterina A. Dolgopolova Prof. Dr. Aaron K. Vannucci Dr. Perry J. Pellechia Dr. Mark D. Smith Dr. Jeanette A. Krause Prof. Dr. Natalia B. Shustova |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA;2. Department of Chemistry, The University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA |
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| Abstract: | A porous crystalline corannulene‐containing scaffold, which combines the periodicity, dimensionality, and structural modularity of hybrid frameworks with the intrinsic properties of redox‐active π‐bowls, has been prepared. Single‐crystal and powder X‐ray diffraction, ab initio density functional theory computations, gas sorption analysis, fluorescence spectroscopy, and cyclic voltammetry were employed to study the properties of the novel corannulene derivatives and the buckybowl‐based hybrid materials. X‐ray diffraction studies revealed the preservation of the corannulene bowl inside the prepared rigid matrix, which offers the unique opportunity to extend the scaffold dimensionality through the buckybowl curvature. Merging the inherent properties of hybrid frameworks with the intrinsic properties of π‐bowls opens a new avenue for preparing redox‐active materials and potentially improving charge transport in the scaffold. |
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| Keywords: | coordination polymers corannulene cyclic voltammetry fluorescence metal– organic frameworks |
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