From Hexaphenylbenzene to 1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexacyclohexylcyclohexane
Author(s) -
Marcel Dillenburger,
Zijie Qiu,
ChengWei Ju,
Beate Müller,
Svenja Morsbach,
Dieter Schollmeyer,
Akimitsu Narita,
Kläus Müllen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the american chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.115
H-Index - 612
eISSN - 1520-5126
pISSN - 0002-7863
DOI - 10.1021/jacs.0c04956
Subject(s) - chemistry , cyclohexane , molecule , mass spectrometry , crystal structure , crystallography , organic chemistry , chromatography
The hydrogenation of hexaphenylbenzene was studied, affording novel partially hydrogenated hexacyclohexylbenzene ( HCB ) as well as fully hydrogenated 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexacyclohexylcyclohexane ( HCC ) as an unprecedented "oligocyclohexyl" molecule. The reaction process was analyzed by mass spectrometry with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization and high-performance liquid chromatography. From a crude product mixture, two different crystals with flake- and block-shapes could be grown and analyzed by X-ray crystallography, revealing their structures as HCB and HCC . While a geared arrangement of cyclohexyl substitutes was found in HCB , two isomeric structures were identified in HCC crystal with chair and twist-boat conformations of the central cyclohexane.
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