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- Title
Site‐Directed Dimerization of Bowl‐Shaped Radical Anions to Form a σ‐Bonded Dibenzocorannulene Dimer.
- Authors
Spisak, Sarah N.; Zabula, Alexander V.; Alkan, Melisa; Filatov, Alexander S.; Rogachev, Andrey Yu.; Petrukhina, Marina A.
- Abstract
Abstract: Designed site‐directed dimerization of the monoanion radicals of a π‐bowl in the solid state is reported. Dibenzo[a,g]corannulene (C28H14) was selected based on the asymmetry of the charge/spin localization in the C28H14.− anion. Controlled one‐electron reduction of C28H14 with Cs metal in diglyme resulted in crystallization of a new dimer, [{Cs+(diglyme)}2(C28H14−C28H14)2−] (1), as revealed by single crystal X‐ray diffraction study performed in a broad range of temperatures. The C−C bond length between two C28H14.− bowls (1.560(8) Å) measured at −143 °C does not significantly change upon heating of the crystal to +67 °C. The single σ‐bond character of the C−C linker is confirmed by calculations. The trans‐disposition of two bowls in 1 is observed with the torsion angles around the central C−C bond of 172.3(5)° and 173.5(5)°. A systematic theoretical evaluation of dimerization pathways of C28H14.− radicals confirmed that the trans‐isomer found in 1 is energetically favored.
- Subjects
DIMERIZATION; RADICAL anions; DIMERS; CORANNULENE; CRYSTALLIZATION; TEMPERATURE effect
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie, 2018, Vol 130, Issue 21, p6279
- ISSN
0044-8249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ange.201801537