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Published on: March 8, 2016
Stereodynamics and characterization of the hexa(4-n-dodecylbiphenylyl)benzene hexaanion that includes a twisted
Lior Eshdat1, Roy E Hoffman, Andreas Fechtenkötter
1Department of Organic Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Safra Campus Givat-Ram, Israel.
Abstract:
Hexa(4-n-dodecylbiphenylyl)benzene (HDBB) was reduced by a series of alkali metals in THF under high vacuum. Three reduction states were identified by NMR spectroscopy, namely the dianion, tetraanion and hexaanion. The NMR spectra of HDBB(6-) revealed a remarkable distortion of symmetry, which is interpreted by adoption of a twisted conformation of the central benzene ring and a slow rotation of the inner phenylene rings of the biphenyl units. Due to the surprising thermal stability of the hexaanion, a dynamic NMR investigation revealed the pseudorotation of the twisted conformation and the phenylene rotation mentioned above.
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