“Clean reaction” strategy to approach a stable, green Heptatwistacene containing a single terminal pyrene unit

• Main Authors: Malliakas, Christos D., Kanatzidis, Mercouri G., Xiao, Jinchong, Liu, Yi, Zhou, Feng, Li, Gang, Su, Haibin, Wudl, Fred, Zhang, Qichun
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99758; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12984
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Let's twist again: A “clean reaction” strategy based on thermally eliminating lactam bridges from a soluble acene precursor through a retro-Diels–Alder reaction gives a new, stable, green heptatwistacene (see structure). The molecule has a twist angle of 23.49°, is very stable even in air, and...