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Frontispiece: Concise Synthesis and Facile Nanotube Assembly of a Symmetrically Multifunctionalized Cycloparaphenylene
Author(s) -
Miyauchi Yuta,
Johmoto Kohei,
Yasuda Nobuhiro,
Uekusa Hidehiro,
Fujii Shintaro,
Kiguchi Manabu,
Ito Hideto,
Itami Kenichiro,
Tanaka Ken
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201585261
Subject(s) - surface modification , nanotube , nanotechnology , materials science , hydrogen bond , molecule , rhodium , organic molecules , combinatorial chemistry , chemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry , carbon nanotube
Cycloparaphenylene Organic molecules with a cyclic π‐conjugation, such as cycloparaphenylene (CPP), have attracted much attention because of their fascinating structures, unique properties, and potential applications in materials science. In their Communication on page 18900 ff. , K. Tanaka and co‐workers report the concise synthesis of C 3 ‐symmetrical [12]CPP‐hexacarboxylate by a rhodium‐catalyzed macrocyclization. Further, a structurally uniform nanotube assembly was achieved in the crystalline state through multiple hydrogen‐bonding interactions between C 3 ‐symmetrical functionalization of CPP and highly polar alkoxycarbonyl groups.