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Pentadecker Supramolecules with a Lithium Alkoxo Nanobelt Sandwiched between Two Highly Charged Buckybowl Surfaces
Author(s) -
Zabula Alexander V.,
Spisak Sarah N.,
Filatov Alexander S.,
Petrukhina Marina A.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201206936
Subject(s) - corannulene , lithium (medication) , supramolecular chemistry , lithium metal , dimethoxyethane , nanotechnology , chemistry , materials science , fullerene , crystallography , organic chemistry , crystal structure , psychology , electrode , psychiatry , electrolyte
Stack it up : Reduction of corannulene with an excess of lithium metal in dimethoxyethane (DME) results in the formation of remarkable multilayered supramolecular aggregates (see picture) having lithium alkoxo nanobelts encapsulated between two tetrareduced corannulene bowls, [C 20 H 10 4− /Li 6 (OR) 6 Li 6 /C 20 H 10 4− ] 2− . The alkoxo groups (R=CH 3 O or/and CH 3 OCH 2 CH 2 O) are products of the Li‐induced DME cleavage.