One antiaromatic polycyclic hydrocarbon (PH) with and without solubilizing tert-butyl substituents, namely s-indaceno[2,1-a:6,5-a′]dipyrene (IDPs), has been synthesized by a four-step protocol. The IDPs represent the longitudinal, peri-extension of the indeno[1,2-b]fluorene skeleton towards a planar 40 π-electron system. Their structures were unambiguously confirmed by X-ray crystallographic analysis. The optoelectronic properties were studied by UV/vis absorption spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry. These studies revealed that peri-fusion renders the IDP derivatives with a narrow optical energy gap of 1.8 eV. The maximum absorption of IDPs is shifted by 160 nm compared to the parent indenofluorene. Two quasi-reversible oxidation as well as reduction steps indicate an excellent redox behavior attributed to the antiaromatic core. Formation of the radical cation and the dication was monitored by UV/vis absorption spectroscopy during titration experiments. Notably, the fusion of s-indacene with two pyrene moieties lead to IDPs with absorption maxima approaching the near infrared (NIR) regime.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:36576 |
| Date | 06 January 2020 |
| Creators | Melidonie, Jason, Liu, Junzhi, Fu, Yubin, Weigand, Jan J., Berger, Reinhard, Feng, Xinliang |
| Publisher | ACS Publications |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 1520-6904, 10.1021/acs.joc.8b00925, doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.8b00925, info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/Europäischer Sozialfonds/Horizon2020/100270084//Graphenzentrum Dresden/GraphD |
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