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Oct, 2016

Cationic pi-Stacking Columns of Coronene Molecules with Fully Charged and Charge-Disproportionated States

CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN
  • Yukihiro Yoshida
  • ,
  • Kazuhide Isomura
  • ,
  • Mitsuhiko Maesato
  • ,
  • Takashi Koretsune
  • ,
  • Yoshiaki Nakano
  • ,
  • Hideki Yamochi
  • ,
  • Hideo Kishida
  • ,
  • Gunzi Saito

Volume
16
Number
10
First page
5994
Last page
6000
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1021/acs.cgd.6b01039
Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC

Electrochemical oxidation of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, coronene, with D-6h symmetry in the presence of tetrahedral GaCl4- anions gave two cation salts, (coronene)(GaC14) (1) and (coronene)(5)(GaCl4)(2) (2), with unprecedented charge arrangements. Salt 1 involves pi-stacking columns in a zigzag manner, which are composed of the crystallographically equivalent coronene monocations. First-principle calculations revealed that the,dimerization of coronene cations gives rise to a band gap opening at the Fermi level, and thus, semiconducting behavior. On the other hand; in salt 2, two crystallographically independent coronene molecules (A and B) form pi-stacking columns with an AABB repeating unit, which are flanked by another coronene molecule (C). The crystallographic features, such as interplanar distances and in-plane molecular distortions arising from the Jahn-Teller effect, as well as the first-principle calculations, strongly suggested the emergence of charge disproportionation within the pi-stacking columns. As in the case of 1, the calculated band structure exhibits a band gap opening at the Fermi level; which corresponds to the observed semiconducting behavior.

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https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.6b01039
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https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000384952400047&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1021/acs.cgd.6b01039
  • ISSN : 1528-7483
  • eISSN : 1528-7505
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000384952400047

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