Pushing the Limits of Acene Chemistry: The Recent Surge of Large Acenes
| Autor: | Christina Tönshoff, Holger F. Bettinger |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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acenes
Heptacene 010405 organic chemistry polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Organic Chemistry Matrix isolation Reviews surface chemistry Nanotechnology Review General Chemistry Electronic structure 010402 general chemistry 01 natural sciences Hexacene Fused‐Ring Systems | Reviews Showcase Catalysis 0104 chemical sciences fused-ring systems chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry density functional calculations Acene |
| Zdroj: | Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany) |
| ISSN: | 1521-3765 0947-6539 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/chem.202003112 |
| Popis: | Acenes, consisting of linearly fused benzene rings, are an important fundamental class of organic compounds with various applications. Hexacene is the largest acene that was synthesized and isolated in the 20th century. The next largest member of the acene family, heptacene, was observed in 2007 and since then significant progress in preparing acenes has been reported. Significantly larger acenes, up to undecacene, could be studied by means of low‐temperature matrix isolation spectroscopy with in situ photolytic generation, and up to dodecacene by means of on‐surface synthesis employing innovative precursors and highly defined crystalline metal surfaces under ultrahigh vacuum conditions. The review summarizes recent experimental and theoretical advances in the area of acenes that give a significantly deeper insight into the fundamental properties and nature of the electronic structure of this fascinating class of organic compounds. Ring changes: Rooted in advances in organic synthesis and combined with specialized techniques for generation and study of highly reactive molecules, longer and longer acenes have became accessible for experimental investigations. Combined with sophisticated modern computational chemistry techniques, an encompassing picture of this unusual class of alternant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons emerges. |
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