Selective strain-promoted reactivity of a fluorene-derived [6]cycloparaphenyleneacetylene carbon nanohoop
The modular synthesis of a fluorene-based nanohoop containing six strained alkynes is described herein. We demonstrate its scalability using alkyne metathesis as the macrocyclization method and its reactivity with azides using strain-promoted azide-alkyne cycloaddition. The nanohoop undergoes two cycloadditions selectively on two oppositely located alkynes on the macrocyclic backbone.
Authors
- Said Jalife (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0337-8730)
- Semin Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0873-9507)
- Judy I-Chia Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0590-5290)
- Frank Rolf Fronczek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5544-2779)
- Robert J. Herman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4812-6246)
- M. F. Stewart
- M. S. Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2129-929X)
- Sheila W. Njoroge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9723-8849)
- Sajila Riman Tanha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0343-2407)
- Abigail G LeBlanc
Institutions
- Louisiana State University (US)
- University of Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Chemical Communications
- Published
- 2025-11-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc05493a
- Primary Topic
- Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00