Facile Synthesis and Global Aromaticity of Aza‐Superbenzene and Aza‐Supernaphthalene at Different Oxidation States

Abstract: All‐benzenoid polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or macrocycles usually display localized aromaticity. On the other hand, incorporation of quinoidal units into the skeleton could lead to effective electron delocalization and global (anti) aromaticity. In this work, fully π‐conjugated macrocycle 1 and bismacrocycle 2 containing both para‐quinodimethane and triphenylamine units are efficiently synthesized mainly through intermolecular Friedel–Crafts alkylation reaction. They can be considered as a tetraazasuperbenzene and a hexaazasupernaphthalene, respectively, due to their similar geometry and electronic structures to the benzene and naphthalene. X‐ray crystallographic analyses reveal a largely planar geometry for both 1 and 2 and variable‐temperature NMR measurements disclose slow dynamic processes owing to restricted ring flipping of the phenyl rings. 1 and 2 can be easily oxidized into higher‐oxidation‐state species. NMR and theoretical calculations indicate that 12+ and 14+ show global anti‐aromaticity and aromaticity, respectively, with a dominant 32π and 30π conjugation pathway, while for the bismacrocycle 2, its dication 22+, tetracation 24+ and hexacation 26+ exhibit global aromaticity, antiaromaticity, and aromaticity with a 54π, 52π and 50π conjugation pathway along the outermost backbone, respectively.

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Englisch

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Facile Synthesis and Global Aromaticity of Aza‐Superbenzene and Aza‐Supernaphthalene at Different Oxidation States ; day:13 ; month:08 ; year:2024 ; extent:10
Angewandte Chemie ; (13.08.2024) (gesamt 10)

Urheber
Ma, Yunhan
Han, Yi
Hou, Xudong
Wu, Shaofei
Chi, Chunyan

DOI
10.1002/ange.202407990
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2408141409026.201273529843
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  • Ma, Yunhan
  • Han, Yi
  • Hou, Xudong
  • Wu, Shaofei
  • Chi, Chunyan

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