Infinitene: A Helically Twisted Figure-Eight [12]Circulene TopoisomerClick to copy article linkArticle link copied!
- Maciej KrzeszewskiMaciej KrzeszewskiDepartment of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, JapanMore by Maciej Krzeszewski
- Hideto Ito*Hideto Ito*[email protected]Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, JapanMore by Hideto Ito
- Kenichiro Itami*Kenichiro Itami*[email protected]Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, JapanInstitute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, JapanMore by Kenichiro Itami
Abstract
New forms of molecular nanocarbon particularly looped polyarenes adopting various topologies contribute to the fundamental science and practical applications. Here we report the synthesis of an infinity-shaped polyarene, infinitene (1) (cyclo[c.c.c.c.c.c.e.e.e.e.e.e]dodecakisbenzene), comprising consecutively fused 12-benzene rings forming an enclosed loop with a strain energy of 60.2 kcal·mol–1. Infinitene (1) represents a topoisomer of still-hypothetical [12]circulene, and its scaffold can be formally visualized as the outcome of the “stitching” of two homochiral [6]helicene subunits by both their ends. The synthetic strategy encompasses transformation of a rationally designed dithiacyclophane to cyclophadiene through the Stevens rearrangement and pyrolysis of the corresponding S,S′-bis(oxide) followed by the photocyclization. The structure of 1 is a unique hybrid of helicene and circulene with a molecular formula of C48H24, which can be regarded as an isomer for kekulene, [6,6]carbon nanobelt ([6,6]CNB), and [12]cyclacene. Infinitene (1) is a bench-stable yellow solid with green fluorescence and soluble to common organic solvents. Its figure-eight molecular structure was unambiguously confirmed by X-ray crystallography. The scaffold of 1 is significantly compressed as manifested by a remarkably shortened distance (3.152–3.192 Å) between the centroids of two π–π stacked central benzene rings and the closest C···C distance of 2.920 Å. Fundamental photophysical properties of 1 were thoroughly elucidated by UV–vis absorption and fluorescence spectroscopic studies and density functional theory calculations. Its configurational stability enabled separation of the corresponding enantiomers (P,P) and (M,M) by a chiral HPLC. Circular dichroism (CD) and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) measurements revealed that 1 has moderate |gCD| and |gCPL| values.
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