abstract
Molecular conformation has an important role in chemistry and materials science. Molecular nanoribbons can adopt chiral twisted helical conformations. However, the synthesis of single-handed helically twisted molecular nanoribbons still represents a considerable challenge. Herein, we describe an asymmetric approach to induce single-handed helicity with an excellent degree of conformational discrimination. The chiral induction is the result of the chiral strain generated by fusing two oversized chiral rings and of the propagation of that strain along the nanoribbon's backbone.
keywords
LADDER-TYPE; HYDROCARBONS; HELICENES; CHIRALITY; RIBBONS
subject category
Chemistry
authors
Dubey, RK; Melle-Franco, M; Mateo-Alonso, A
our authors
Projects
Projeto de Investigação Exploratória: Manuel Melle (IF Manuel Melle)
acknowledgements
This work was carried out with support from the Basque Science Foundation for Science (Ikerbasque), POLYMAT, the University of the Basque Country, Gobierno Vasco (BERC Programme) and Gobierno de Espana (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion, Plan Estatal de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnica y de Innovacion). Technical and human support provided by SGIker of UPV/EHU and European funding (ERDF and ESF) is acknowledged. This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant Agreement No. 722951). This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 899895. In addition, support through the project IF/00894/2015, the advanced computing project CPCA/A2/2524/2020 granting access to the Navigator cluster at LCA-UC and within the scope of the project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, UIDB/50011/2020 and UIDP/50011/2020 funded by national funds through the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology I.P./MCTES is gratefully acknowledged.