Issue 10, 2012

Gram-scale synthesis and crystal structures of [8]- and [10]CPP, and the solid-state structure of C60@[10]CPP

Abstract

A cost-effective gram-scale synthesis of [8]- and [10]cycloparaphenylenes (CPPs) has been developed for the first time. Both [8]- and [10]cycloparaphenylene organized into herringbone geometries in the crystalline state with well-defined cylindrical cavities of 1.1 and 1.4 nm, respectively. With large amounts of material available, the highly efficient convex–concave π–π interactions between [10]CPP and C60 in the solid-state was validated by X-ray diffraction analysis.

Graphical abstract: Gram-scale synthesis and crystal structures of [8]- and [10]CPP, and the solid-state structure of C60@[10]CPP

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
05 Jun 2012
Accepted
11 Jul 2012
First published
11 Jul 2012

Chem. Sci., 2012,3, 3018-3021

Gram-scale synthesis and crystal structures of [8]- and [10]CPP, and the solid-state structure of C60@[10]CPP

J. Xia, J. W. Bacon and R. Jasti, Chem. Sci., 2012, 3, 3018 DOI: 10.1039/C2SC20719B

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