Matsuo Yutaka, Muramatsu Ayako, Hamasaki Ryo, Mizoshita Norihiro, Kato Takashi, Nakamura Eiichi
Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Jan 21;126(2):432-3. doi: 10.1021/ja038816y.
Hexagonal or tetragonal packing of columnar stacks in crystals and liquid crystals has been observed for a series of molecules possessing a fullerene apex and an aromatic cone that are connected with a Si-C connection. The columnar stacking of the new shuttlecock molecules is constitutionally stable but conformationally flexible due to the large cavity created on the top of the fullerene molecule.
