Synthesis of a Strained Spherical Carbon Nanocage by Regioselective Alkyne Cyclotrimerization
Norihiko Hayase1, Juntaro Nogami1, Yu Shibata1
1Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan.
Abstract:
The smallest spherical carbon nanocage so far, [2.2.2]carbon nanocage, has been synthesized by the cationic rhodium(I)/H8 -binap complex-catalyzed regioselective intermolecular cyclotrimerization of a cis-1-ethynyl-4-arylcyclohexadiene derivative followed by the triple Suzuki-Miyaura cross-couplings with 1,3,5-triborylbenzene and reductive aromatization. This cage molecule is highly strained, and its ring strain is between those of [6] and [5]cycloparaphenylenes. A significant red-shift of an emission maximum was observed, compared with that of known [4.4.4]carbon nanocage. The sequential cyclotrimerizations of a cis-1,4-diethynylcyclohexadiene derivative with the same rhodium(I) catalyst followed by reductive aromatization failed to afford [1.1.1]carbon nanocage; instead, a β-graph-shaped cage molecule was generated.
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