Cationic Nitrogen‐Doped Helical Nanographenes
- 15 November 2017
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Angewandte Chemie-International Edition
- Vol. 56 (50), 15876-15881
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201707714
Abstract
Herein, we report the design and synthesis of a series of novel cationic nitrogen-doped nanographenes (CNDNs) with nonplanar geometry and axial chirality. Single-crystal X-ray analysis reveals helical and cove-edged structures. Compared to their all-carbon analogues, the frontier orbitals of the CNDNs are energetically lower lying, with a reduced optical energy gap and greater electron-accepting behavior. Cyclic voltammetry shows all the derivatives to undergo quasireversible reductions. In situ spectroelectrochemical studies prove that, depending on the number of nitrogen dopants, either neutral radicals (one nitrogen dopant) or radical cations (two nitrogen dopants) are formed upon reduction. The concept of cationic nitrogen doping and introducing helicity into nanographenes paves the way for the design and synthesis of expanded nanographenes or even graphene nanoribbons with cationic nitrogen dopants.Keywords
Funding Information
- FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (FP7-IDEAS-ERC)
- European Commission (CNECT-ICT-604391)
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