1,1,n,n-Tetramethyl[n](2,11)teropyrenophanes (n = 7-9): a series of armchair SWCNT segments

Bradley L Merner; Kiran Sagar Unikela; Louise N Dawe; David W Thompson; Graham J Bodwell

doi:10.1039/c3cc43268h

1,1,n,n-Tetramethyl[n](2,11)teropyrenophanes (n = 7-9): a series of armchair SWCNT segments

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Jul 7;49(53):5930-2. doi: 10.1039/c3cc43268h.

Authors

Bradley L Merner¹, Kiran Sagar Unikela, Louise N Dawe, David W Thompson, Graham J Bodwell

Affiliation

¹ Chemistry Department, Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada A1B 3X7.

PMID: 23715509
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc43268h

Abstract

A new iterative bridge formation strategy has been employed in the synthesis of a series of [n](2,11)teropyrenophanes (n = 7-9). The generation of the nonplanar teropyrene system, which is calculated to be bent through 178.7° for the smallest homologue (n = 7), is accomplished using a VID reaction of a cyclophanemonoene precursor for the first time.