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Quadrannulene: A Nonclassical Fullerene Fragment†

  1. Bharat1,
  2. Radha Bhola1,
  3. Thomas Bally Prof.2,
  4. Alessandro Valente2,
  5. Michał K. Cyrański Prof. Dr.3,
  6. Łukasz Dobrzycki Dr.3,4,
  7. Stephen M. Spain Dr.1,
  8. Paweł Rempała Dr.1,
  9. Matthew R. Chin1,
  10. Benjamin T. King Prof.1

Article first published online: 2 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1002/anie.200905633

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 49, Issue 2, pages 399–402, January 8, 2010

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How to Cite

Bharat, Bhola, R., Bally, T., Valente, A., Cyrański, M., Dobrzycki, Ł., Spain, S., Rempała, P., Chin, M. and King, B. (2010), Quadrannulene: A Nonclassical Fullerene Fragment. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 49: 399–402. doi: 10.1002/anie.200905633

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89503 (USA), Fax: (+1) 775-784-6804

  2. 2

    Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg (Switzerland)

  3. 3

    Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw (Poland)

  4. 4

    Fakultät für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Duisburg-Essen (Germany)

  1. †

    This work was supported by the USA NSF (CHE-0449740, CHE-0552816) and NASA. T.B. and A.V. acknowledge support from the Swiss NSF (2000020-121747). L.D. acknowledges the FNP for the Kolumb stipend. M.K.C. acknowledges Dr. Madura for her assistance and the Interdisciplinary Center for Mathematical and Computational Modeling (Warsaw, Poland) for computational facilities. B.T.K. thanks Prof. R. Haddon for sharing his POAV programs.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 DEC 2009
  2. Article first published online: 2 DEC 2009
  3. Manuscript Received: 8 OCT 2009

Funded by

  • USA NSF. Grant Numbers: CHE-0449740, CHE-0552816
  • NASA
  • Swiss NSF. Grant Number: 2000020-121747
  • FNP

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Keywords:

  • arenes;
  • aromaticity;
  • corannulenes;
  • cyclotrimerization;
  • fullerenes

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Approaching the curve: A [4]circulene (see picture) has been prepared in five steps. Although the [4]circulene motif has never before been observed, these findings suggest that the square may join the pentagon as a motif for viable fullerenes.

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