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Selective endo and exo binding of alkali metals to corannulene

  • Sarah N. Spisak
  • , Alexander V. Zabula
  • , Alexander S. Filatov
  • , Andrey Yu Rogachev
  • , Marina A. Petrukhina
  • SUNY Albany
  • University of Hamburg

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Abstract

The ion size matters: The structures of corannulene monoanions crystallized with Cs+ and Rb+ ions in the presence of [18]crown-6 reveal the intrinsic binding preferences of alkali metals and allow evaluation of the bowl deformation caused by negative charge distribution and metal binding. The large cesium cation coordinates exclusively to the concave face of C20H10-, whereas the smaller rubidium cation exhibits convex binding.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8091-8094
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume50
Issue number35
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 22 2011

Keywords

  • X-ray diffraction
  • alkali metals
  • carbanions
  • coordination modes
  • corannulenes

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