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Flexible decapyrrylcorannulene hosts

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  • Yun-Yan Xu

    (Xiamen University)

  • Han-Rui Tian

    (Xiamen University)

  • Shu-Hui Li

    (Xiamen University)

  • Zuo-Chang Chen

    (Xiamen University)

  • Yang-Rong Yao

    (Xiamen University)

  • Shan-Shan Wang

    (Xiamen University)

  • Xin Zhang

    (Xiamen University)

  • Zheng-Zhong Zhu

    (Xiamen University)

  • Shun-Liu Deng

    (Xiamen University)

  • Qianyan Zhang

    (Xiamen University)

  • Shangfeng Yang

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Su-Yuan Xie

    (Xiamen University)

  • Rong-Bin Huang

    (Xiamen University)

  • Lan-Sun Zheng

    (Xiamen University)

Abstract

The assembly of spherical fullerenes, or buckyballs, into single crystals for crystallographic identification often suffers from disordered arrangement. Here we show a chiral configuration of decapyrrylcorannulene that has a concave ‘palm’ of corannulene and ten flexible electron-rich pyrryl group ‘fingers’ to mimic the smart molecular ‘hands’ for self-adaptably cradling various buckyballs in a (+)hand-ball-hand(−) mode. As exemplified by crystallographic identification of 15 buckyball structures representing pristine, exohedral, endohedral, dimeric and hetero-derivatization, the pyrryl groups twist with varying dihedral angles to adjust the interaction between decapyrrylcorannulene and fullerene. The self-adaptable electron-rich pyrryl groups, susceptible to methylation, are theoretically revealed to contribute more than the bowl-shaped palm of the corannulene in holding buckyball structures. The generality of the present decapyrrylcorannulene host with flexible pyrryl groups facilitates the visualization of numerous unknown/unsolved fullerenes by crystallography and the assembly of the otherwise close-packed spherical fullerenes into two-dimensional layered structures by intercalation.

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  • Yun-Yan Xu & Han-Rui Tian & Shu-Hui Li & Zuo-Chang Chen & Yang-Rong Yao & Shan-Shan Wang & Xin Zhang & Zheng-Zhong Zhu & Shun-Liu Deng & Qianyan Zhang & Shangfeng Yang & Su-Yuan Xie & Rong-Bin Huang &, 2019. "Flexible decapyrrylcorannulene hosts," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-08343-6
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08343-6
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