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Toward Möbius and Tubular Cyclopolyarene Nanorings via Arylbutadiyne Macrocycles
Author(s) -
Luo Zhouyang,
Yang Xiao,
Cai Kang,
Fu Xiangyu,
Zhang Di,
Ma Yuguo,
Zhao Dahui
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.202003538
Subject(s) - cycloaddition , tandem , topology (electrical circuits) , arylene , chemistry , crystallography , materials science , combinatorial chemistry , nanotechnology , catalysis , mathematics , combinatorics , organic chemistry , alkyl , aryl , composite material
By harnessing a highly efficient metal‐catalyzed tandem cycloaddition reaction as the key benzannulation step, a series of cyclopolyarene nanorings of varied sizes are obtained from poly(arylene‐butadiynylene) macrocyclic precursors, which can be synthesized relatively conveniently. Interestingly, due to the nonparallel bond connectivity of the repeat unit, unique Möbius topology is manifested by the cyclopolyarene nanorings composed of an odd number of repeat units, whereas cylindrical tubular structures with radial conjugation are formed with those consisting of an even number of repeat units.