Pyrimidine-Substituted Hexaarylbenzenes as Versatile Building Blocks for N–Doped Organic Materials

Abstract

Hexaarylbenzenes (HABs) are valuable precursors for the bottom-up synthesis of (nano-)graphene structures. In this work the synthesis of several bis-pyrimidine substituted HABs furnished with tert-butyl groups at different sites of the four pendant phenyl rings is reported. The synthetic procedure is based on modular [4+2]-Diels-Alder cycloaddition reactions followed by decarbonylation. Analysis of the solid-state structures revealed that the newly synthesized HABs feature a propeller-like arrangement of the six arylic substituents around the benzene core. Here, the tilt of the aryl rings with respect to the central ring is strongly depending on the intermolecular interactions between the HABs as well as co-crystallized solvent molecules. Interestingly, by evading the closest proximity of the central ring using an alkyne spacer, the distant pyrimidine ring is oriented in coplanar geometry with regard to the benzene core, giving rise to a completely different UV-absorption profile.

Stretching the Bisalkyne Raman Spectral Palette Reveals a New Electrophilic Covalent Motif

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