Five-fold symmetric penta-substituted corannulene with gelation properties and a liquid-crystalline phase

Martin Mattarella; Johannes M Haberl; Janne Ruokolainen; Ehud M Landau; Raffaele Mezzenga; Jay S Siegel

doi:10.1039/c3cc41476k

Five-fold symmetric penta-substituted corannulene with gelation properties and a liquid-crystalline phase

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Aug 21;49(65):7204-6. doi: 10.1039/c3cc41476k.

Authors

Martin Mattarella¹, Johannes M Haberl, Janne Ruokolainen, Ehud M Landau, Raffaele Mezzenga, Jay S Siegel

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland.

PMID: 23842476
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc41476k

Abstract

Five-fold symmetric substituted corannulene derivatives that display liquid-crystalline behavior and organogelation properties were prepared by coupling of N-azidoethyl long-chain fatty acid amides to sym-pentabutynyl corannulenes via dipolar cycloaddition chemistry.

MeSH terms

Amides / chemistry
Cycloaddition Reaction
Fatty Acids / chemistry
Gels / chemistry*
Liquid Crystals / chemistry*
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / chemistry*
Temperature

Substances

Amides
Fatty Acids
Gels
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
corannulene