Embracing C(60) with multiarmed geodesic partners

S Mizyed; P E Georghiou; M Bancu; B Cuadra; A K Rai; P Cheng; L T Scott

doi:10.1021/ja016761z

Embracing C(60) with multiarmed geodesic partners

J Am Chem Soc. 2001 Dec 26;123(51):12770-4. doi: 10.1021/ja016761z.

Authors

S Mizyed¹, P E Georghiou, M Bancu, B Cuadra, A K Rai, P Cheng, L T Scott

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1B 3X7.

PMID: 11749533
DOI: 10.1021/ja016761z

Abstract

1,3,5,7,9-Pentakis(4-methoxyphenylthio)corannulene (3), 1,3,5,7,9-pentakis(2-naphthylthio)corannulene (4), and 1,3,6,8-tetrakis(4-methoxyphenylthio)corannulene (5b) have been synthesized by chlorination of corannulene with ICl in CH(2)Cl(2) at 25 degrees C and subsequent nucleophilic aromatic substitution with the appropriate sodium thiophenolate in DMEU at 25 degrees C. (1)H NMR titration studies demonstrate that these novel bowl-shaped hosts form 1:1 complexes with C(60) in toluene-d(8) solution with association constants of 454, 368, and 280 M(-1), respectively.