Cleavage of non-polar C(sp 2)‒C(sp 2) bonds in cycloparaphenylenes via electric field-catalyzed electrophilic aromatic substitution

Junfeng Lin; Yaxin Lv; Kai Song; Xuwei Song; Hongjun Zang; Pingwu Du; Yaping Zang; Daoben Zhu

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35686-4

Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Cleavage of non-polar C(sp 2)‒C(sp 2) bonds in cycloparaphenylenes via electric field-catalyzed electrophilic aromatic substitution

Junfeng Lin,
Yaxin Lv,
Kai Song,
Xuwei Song,
Hongjun Zang,
Pingwu Du,
Yaping Zang,
Daoben Zhu

Affiliations

Junfeng Lin: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yaxin Lv: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kai Song: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xuwei Song: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hongjun Zang: School of Chemistry, Tiangong University
Pingwu Du: Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
Yaping Zang: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Daoben Zhu: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35686-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Novel methodologies for cleaving inherently inert C(sp 2)‒ C(sp 2) bonds are desirable. Here, the authors report the use of an oriented electric field to cleave C(sp 2)‒ C(sp 2) in cycloparaphenylenes via electrophilic aromatic substitution.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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