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Highly Twisted Fenestrindane-Based Porous Nanographenes.

Xiao-Qing Sun¹, Yuke Li¹, Dietmar Kuck²

¹Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.

Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)

|September 7, 2024

Summary

Researchers synthesized novel porous nanographenes using fenestrindane building blocks. These twisted structures exhibit unique electronic properties and weak chloride ion binding, paving the way for new materials.

Keywords:

Conjugated macrocycles Fenestranes Fenestrindanes Nonplanar porous nanographenes Polyaromatic compounds π-extension

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Area of Science:

Organic Chemistry
Materials Science
Supramolecular Chemistry

Background:

Porous nanographenes are advanced carbon materials with tunable properties.
Fenestrindane motifs offer unique structural frameworks for novel molecular architectures.
Developing new synthetic routes for complex nanographenes is crucial for materials innovation.

Purpose of the Study:

To synthesize and characterize novel fenestrindane-based porous nanographenes.
To investigate the optical, electronic, and binding properties of these new materials.
To explore the structure-property relationships influenced by the twisted conformation.

Main Methods:

Multi-step organic synthesis involving Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling, Scholl cyclodehydrogenation, and Yamamoto coupling.
Characterization using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and mass spectrometry.
Analysis of optical and electronic properties via UV/Vis spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, and cyclic voltammetry.
Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations for structural elucidation.

Main Results:

Successful synthesis of two fenestrindane-based porous nanographenes with S₄-symmetric conformation.
Achieved good yields for precursors and 17-18% yield for the final porous nanographenes.
Demonstrated unique optical and electronic properties.
Observed surprisingly weak binding affinity with chloride ions (K≈10⁵ M^-1) attributed to the twisted structure.

Conclusions:

The study presents the first porous nanographenes derived from the [5.5.5.5]fenestrane motif.
The highly twisted conformation significantly influences the material's properties, including ion binding.
These findings open avenues for designing advanced porous materials with tailored functionalities.