• 文献标题:   Supertwistacene: A Helical Graphene Nanoribbon
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MA S, GU JJ, LIN CJ, LUO ZX, ZHU YP, WANG JB
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
  • ISSN:   0002-7863 EI 1520-5126
  • 通讯作者地址:   Sun Yat Sen Univ
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1021/jacs.0c08555
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

This work describes a synthetic chiral graphene nanoribbon, named supertwistacene 1. It has four superbenzene (HBC) units linearly fused in a helical manner. The structure of 1, 4.3 nm in length, with an end-to-end twist of 117 degrees, was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. In contrast to various twistacene compounds and their analogues, 1 has a very stable configuration. It resists thermal isomerization even when being heated at 200 degrees C for 16 h. Enantiopure 1 obtained by chiral HPLC shows distinct CD signals in a broad spectral range until 600 nm. In addition, two smaller congeners of 1, the trimer 2 and the dimer 3, were also prepared and systematically investigated. Combining theoretical and experimental studies on 1-3 presents a big picture on their (chir)optical and electronic characteristics.