Synthesis of Nonplanar Graphene Nanoribbon with Fjord Edges

J Am Chem Soc. 2021 Apr 21;143(15):5654-5658. doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c01882. Epub 2021 Apr 7.

Abstract

As a new family of semiconductors, graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), nanometer-wide strips of graphene, have appeared as promising candidates for next-generation nanoelectronics. Out-of-plane deformation of π-frames in GNRs brings further opportunities for optical and electronic property tuning. Here we demonstrate a novel fjord-edged GNR (FGNR) with a nonplanar geometry obtained by regioselective cyclodehydrogenation. Triphenanthro-fused teropyrene 1 and pentaphenanthro-fused quateropyrene 2 were synthesized as model compounds, and single-crystal X-ray analysis revealed their helically twisted conformations arising from the [5]helicene substructures. The structures and photophysical properties of FGNR were investigated by mass spectrometry and UV-vis, FT-IR, terahertz, and Raman spectroscopic analyses combined with theoretical calculations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Density Functional Theory
  • Graphite / chemistry*
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Polycyclic Compounds / chemistry
  • Pyrenes / chemistry
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Polycyclic Compounds
  • Pyrenes
  • helicenes
  • Graphite
  • pyrene