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Oct 2, 2019

Synthesis and Isolation of Antiaromatic Expanded Azacoronene via Intramolecular Vilsmeier-Type Reaction

Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Kosuke Oki
  • ,
  • Masayoshi Takase
  • ,
  • Shigeki Mori
  • ,
  • Hidemitsu Uno

Volume
141
Number
41
First page
16255
Last page
16259
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1021/jacs.9b09260

Copyright © 2019 American Chemical Society. An antiaromatic cation of the expanded hexapyrrolohexaazacoronene (HPHAC) 1+ was synthesized by a Vilsmeier-type reaction of the partially unfused HPHAC 2. X-ray diffraction analysis revealed the formation of a seven-membered ring with a methyne linkage between the pyrrole moieties. Although 1+ is a monocation, upfield shifts of the peripheral ethyl protons were clearly observed in the 1H NMR spectra, indicating 24πantiaromaticity. Global antiaromaticity was also supported by nucleus-independent chemical shift and anisotropy of the induced current density calculations. Cation 1+ displayed two reversible oxidations and one irreversible reduction in the cyclic voltammetry measurements. Treatment of 1+ with NOSbF6 gave aromatic trication 13+ with 22π-electron conjugation.

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  • DOI : 10.1021/jacs.9b09260
  • ISSN : 0002-7863
  • eISSN : 1520-5126
  • Pubmed ID : 31577141
  • SCOPUS ID : 85073010734

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