Defective Nanographenes Containing Seven-Five-Seven (7-5-7)-Membered Rings

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Beitragende

  • Yiyang Fei - , The University of Hong Kong (Autor:in)
  • Yubin Fu - , Professur für Molekulare Funktionsmaterialien (cfaed) (Autor:in)
  • Xueqin Bai - , The University of Hong Kong (Autor:in)
  • Lili Du - , The University of Hong Kong (Autor:in)
  • Zichao Li - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) (Autor:in)
  • Hartmut Komber - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Kam Hung Low - , The University of Hong Kong (Autor:in)
  • Shengqiang Zhou - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) (Autor:in)
  • David Lee Phillips - , The University of Hong Kong (Autor:in)
  • Xinliang Feng - , Professur für Molekulare Funktionsmaterialien (cfaed) (Autor:in)
  • Junzhi Liu - , The University of Hong Kong (Autor:in)

Abstract

Defects have been observed in graphene and are expected to play a key role in its optical, electronic, and magnetic properties. However, because most of the studies focused on the structural characterization, the implications of topological defects on the physicochemical properties of graphene remain poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate a bottom-up synthesis of three novel nanographenes (1-3) with well-defined defects in which seven-five-seven (7-5-7)-membered rings were introduced to their sp2 carbon frameworks. From the X-ray crystallographic analysis, compound 1 adopts a nearly planar structure. Compound 2, with an additional five-membered ring compared to 1, possesses a slightly saddle-shaped geometry. Compound 3, which can be regarded as the "head-to-head"fusion of 1 with two bonds, features two saddles connected together. The resultant defective nanographenes 1-3 were well-investigated by UV-vis absorption, cyclic voltammetry, and time-resolved absorption spectra and further corroborated by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Detailed experimental and theoretical investigations elucidate that these three nanographenes 1-3 exhibit an anti-aromatic character in their ground states and display a high stability under ambient conditions, which contrast with the reported unstable biradicaloid nanographenes that contain heptagons. Our work reported herein offers insights into the understanding of structure-related properties and enables the control of the electronic structures of expanded nanographenes with atomically precise defects.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)2353-2360
Seitenumfang8
FachzeitschriftJournal of the American Chemical Society
Jahrgang143
Ausgabenummer5
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 10 Feb. 2021
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMed 33502182