Stable Soluble Conjugated Carbon Rods with a Persilylethynylated Polytriacetylene Backbone

John Anthony, Corinne Boudon, François Diederich, Jean‐Paul ‐P Gisselbrecht, Volker Gramlich, Maurice Gross, Markus Hobi, Paul Seiler

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Abstract

Carbon rods 1‐5 up to five nanometers long are formed by oxidative polymerization of trans‐bis(triisopropylsilyl)‐protected tetraethynylethene with phenylacetylene as end‐capping reagent. The X‐ray crystal structures of 1 and 2 show perfectly planar, conjugated carbon frames. Compounds 1–5 are readily reduced; the number of reversible one‐electron reductions equals the number of tetraethynylethene moieties in each molecular rod. TIPS = triisopropylsilyl. (Figure Presented.)

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)763-766
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie International Edition in English
Volume33
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 18 1994

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry

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