Stepwise reduction of a corannulene-based helical molecular nanographene with Na metal
Zheng Zhou, Yikun Zhu, Jesús M. Fernández‐García, Zheng Wei, Israel Fernández, Marina A. Petrukhina, Nazario Martı́n
Abstract
(1), with Na metal in the presence of 18-crown-6 afforded the doubly-reduced state of 1. This reduction provokes a distortion of the helicene core and has a significant impact on the aromaticity of the system.
Topics & Concepts
CorannuleneHeliceneAromaticityReduction (mathematics)MetalChemistryCrystallographyMaterials scienceMoleculeComputational chemistryOrganic chemistryMathematicsGeometrySynthesis and Properties of Aromatic CompoundsGraphene research and applicationsFullerene Chemistry and Applications