Rational Synthesis of an Atomically Precise Carboncone Under Mild Conditions

Overview

Journal Sci Adv

Specialties Biology
Science

Date 2019 Aug 31

PMID 31467971

Citations 6

Authors

Zheng-Zhong Zhu

Zuo-Chang Chen

Yang-Rong Yao

Cun-Hao Cui

Shu-Hui Li

Xin-Jing Zhao

Qianyan Zhang

Han-Rui Tian

Piao-Yang Xu

Fang-Fang Xie

Xiao-Ming Xie

Yuan-Zhi Tan

Shun-Liu Deng

Jennifer M Quimby

Lawrence T Scott

Su-Yuan Xie

Rong-Bin Huang

Lan-Sun Zheng

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Abstract

Carboncones, a special family of all-carbon allotropes, are predicted to have unique properties that distinguish them from fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and graphenes. Owing to the absence of methods to synthesize atomically well-defined carboncones, however, experimental insight into the nature of pure carboncones has been inaccessible. Herein, we describe a facile synthesis of an atomically well-defined carboncone[1,2] (CH) and its soluble penta-mesityl derivative. Identified by x-ray crystallography, the carbon skeleton is a carboncone with the largest possible apex angle. Much of the structural strain is overcome in the final step of converting the bowl-shaped precursor into the rigid carboncone under mild reaction conditions. This work provides a research opportunity for investigations of atomically precise single-layered carboncones having even higher cone walls and/or smaller apex angles.

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