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The Hairpin Furans: Easily Prepared Hybrids of Helicenes and Twisted Acenes
Author(s) -
Geng Xin,
Donahue James P.,
Mague Joel T.,
Pascal Robert A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201506792
Subject(s) - molecule , chemistry , helicene , aromaticity , combinatorial chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry
The thermal reaction of a cyclopentadienone with 6,6′‐dimethoxy‐5,5′‐binaphthoquinone gives, in a single step, a molecular ribbon consisting of two twisted aromatic systems fused to a heteropentahelicene. Such molecules constitute a new class of chiral polycyclic aromatic compounds, the “hairpin furans”.