Silapillar[n]arenes : Their Enhanced Electronic Conjugation and Conformational Versatility

During recent decades, methylene-bridged macrocyclic arenes have been widely used in supramolecular chemistry. However, their π-conjugations are very weak, as the methylene bridges disrupt the electronic communication between π orbitals of the aromatic units. Herein, we successfully synthesized a series of silapillar[n]arenes (n = 4, 6, and 8) using silylene bridging. These showed enhanced electronic conjugation compared with the parent pillar[n]arenes because of σ*-π* conjugation between σ* (Si-C) orbitals and π* orbitals of the benzenes. Owing to the longer Si-C bond compared with the C-C bond, silylene-bridging provides additional structural flexibility into the pillar[n]arene scaffolds; a strained silapillar[4]arene was formed, which is unavailable in the parent pillar[n]arenes because of the steric requirements. Furthermore, silapillar[n]arenes displayed interesting size-dependent structural and optical properties.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:146

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Journal of the American Chemical Society - 146(2024), 7 vom: 21. Feb., Seite 4695-4703

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Englisch

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Ohtani, Shunsuke [VerfasserIn]
Akine, Shigehisa [VerfasserIn]
Kato, Kenichi [VerfasserIn]
Fa, Shixin [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Tan-Hao [VerfasserIn]
Ogoshi, Tomoki [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 21.02.2024

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Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1021/jacs.3c12093

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NLM368141527