A tris-spiro metalla-aromatic system featuring Craig-Möbius aromaticity

Zhe Huang; Yongliang Zhang; Wen-Xiong Zhang; Junnian Wei; Shengfa Ye; Zhenfeng Xi

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21648-9

Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

A tris-spiro metalla-aromatic system featuring Craig-Möbius aromaticity

Zhe Huang,
Yongliang Zhang,
Wen-Xiong Zhang,
Junnian Wei,
Shengfa Ye,
Zhenfeng Xi

Affiliations

Zhe Huang: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University
Yongliang Zhang: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University
Wen-Xiong Zhang: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University
Junnian Wei: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University
Shengfa Ye: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhenfeng Xi: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21648-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Spiroaromatic compounds are advantageous platforms for designing expanded aromatic systems. Herein, the authors present a tris‐spiro metalla‐aromatic Vanadium compound which forms a 40π Craig‐Möbius aromatic system.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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