Corannulenes with Electron-Withdrawing Substituents: Synthetic Approaches and Resulting Structural and Electronic Properties |
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Authors: | Dr. Axel Haupt Prof. Dr. Dieter Lentz |
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Affiliation: | Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie, Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Fabeckstrasse 34-36, D-14195 Berlin, Germany |
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Abstract: | Corannulene is a multifaceted polyaromatic compound. It has many interesting properties; for example, it has a bowl-shaped molecular structure that, in addition, undergoes a dynamic inversion process. It has attracted much attention within the last decades. This is not only due to its structural properties but also its electronic properties and its various potential applications to materials chemistry. Here, synthetic approaches towards corannulene derivatives with electron-withdrawing substituents are summarized. This includes both selective and unselective methods. Further, the electrochemical properties, that is, the reduction potentials, are analyzed and compared. As a main conclusion, one can state that the electron affinity depends roughly linearly on the number of substituents. Finally, the structural behavior of the substituted buckybowls in the solid state is highlighted. This also allows a general statement about the influence of the electronic and steric nature of substituents on the molecular structures and the solid-state packing of the corannulene derivatives. |
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Keywords: | corannulenes cyclic voltammetry fluorine reduction potentials X-ray diffraction |
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