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NATURE CHEMISTRY
Volume 6, Issue 5, Pages 404-408Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/NCHEM.1888
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- National Science Foundation [CHE-1255219]
- Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
- Boston University Ignition Award
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Chemistry [1461485] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Warped carbon-rich molecules have captured the imagination of scientists across many disciplines. Owing to their promising materials properties and challenging synthesis, strained hydrocarbons are attractive targets that push the limits of synthetic methods and molecular design. Herein we report the synthesis and characterization of [5]cycloparaphenylene ([5]CPP), a carbon nanohoop that can be envisaged as an open tubular fragment of C-60, the equator of C-70 fullerene and the unit cycle of a [5,5] armchair carbon nanotube. Given its calculated 119 kcal mol(-1) strain energy and severely distorted benzene rings, this synthesis, which employs a room-temperature macrocyclization of a diboronate precursor, single-electron reduction and elimination, is remarkably mild and high yielding (27% over three steps). Single-crystal X-ray diffraction data were obtained to confirm its geometry and previously disputed benzenoid character. First and second pseudoreversible oxidation and reduction events were observed via cyclic voltammetry. The ease of synthesis, high solubility and narrowest optical HOMO/LUMO gap of any para-polyphenylene synthesized make [5]CPP a desirable new material for organic electronics.
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