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  • Strain in curved carbon nanohoops influences optoelectronic properties.
  • The impact of strain on the dynamics and reactivity of nanohoops is under-explored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate the effect of strain on the racemization of [5]helicene.
  • Embed [5]helicene within cycloparaphenylenes of varying sizes (m=5-7) to study strain effects.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis and enantiomeric separation of strained helicene-paraphenylene macrocycles.
  • Temperature-dependent racemization studies.
  • Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations.

Main Results:

  • Configurational stability of [5]helicene increases with larger nanohoop size.
  • Activation free energies for racemization ranged from 25 to 29 kcal mol⁻¹.
  • A clear relationship between strain and racemization in helicene-embedded nanohoops was established.

Conclusions:

  • Nanohoop size is a critical factor in controlling the configurational stability of embedded chiral molecules.
  • Strain engineering in carbon nanohoops offers a pathway to tune molecular dynamics and reactivity.
  • Experimental and computational methods successfully elucidated the strain-racemization relationship.