Abstract
The stepwise evolution of curved multifarene structures from planar precursors is demonstrated, highlighting three architectural design elements: 1) employment of various aromatic units, 2) changing the hybridization of the linking atoms from sp2 to sp3, and 3) rigidification of the system by the introduction of five-membered rings. Similar design elements have been employed to transform graphene sheets into curved carbon structures. Specifically, the stepwise synthetic evolution of multifarene[2+2], which has a curved, quite rigid structure, begins with a planar, tetraimine precursor, conversion to pairs of vicinal diamines, and the transformation of these pairs to cyclic thiourea groups. This process was probed by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. Since varying the carbonylation conditions resulted in carbamates or thiocarbamates rather than the urea or thiourea isomers, the isomeric interconversion was studied both experimentally and by DFT computations. The carbamate versus urea preference was found to reflect either kinetic or thermodynamic control, respectively.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 15319-15328 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Chemistry - A European Journal |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 57 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 12 Oct 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research is supported by the Israel Ministry of Science, Technology and Space (MOST) grant number 3-10855 and the Open University of Israel (OUI). C.A.S.P. is supported at the Technion through a fellowship of the Israel Council for Higher Education (PBC program).
Keywords
- carbamates
- cavitands
- molecular design
- multifarenes
- supramolecular chemistry