Crystallographic evidence for global aromaticity in the di-anion and tetra-anion of a cyclophane hydrocarbon-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Crystallographic evidence for global aromaticity in the di-anion and tetra-anion of a cyclophane hydrocarbon

Published:2023 Issue:48 Volume:14 Page:14109-14114
ISSN:2041-6520
Container-title:Chemical Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Chem. Sci.

Author:

Stawski Wojciech¹²^ORCID,Zhu Yikun¹^ORCID,Wei Zheng¹^ORCID,Petrukhina Marina A.¹^ORCID,Anderson Harry L.²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222, USA

2. Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK

Abstract

Anionic forms of a macrocyclic cyclophane were crystallized by treating the neutral hydrocarbon with alkali metals (Li, Na and K). The di-anions show decreased bond-length alternation, consistent with global aromaticity, whereas the anti-aromatic tetra-anion has a low-symmetry geometry.

Funder

H2020 European Research Council

National Science Foundation

U.S. Department of Energy

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2023/SC/D3SC04251K

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