Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, 637371-Singapore, Singapore.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Jun 19;54(50):6503-6519. doi: 10.1039/c8cc02179a.
Unlike typical polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, such as coronene, which are flat and planar, corannulene is a molecular bowl of carbon. It can be imagined as the cap region of fullerene C60 or an end of a single-walled carbon nanotube. This structural distinction manifests itself in unique properties. For example, corannulene exhibits bowl-flipping dynamics, electron accepting capability, and formation of a ball-in-socket type of interaction with C60. These varied properties allow for application of corannulene in a myriad of disciplines ranging from organic electronics and sensing to energy storage and self-assembly. In this feature article, our goal is to discuss the major synthetic developments in corannulene chemistry which allow the scientific community access to this beautiful molecule in a practical fashion, the unique properties of the corannulene nucleus that sets it apart from the planar polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, and lastly its applications in the arena of materials chemistry.
与典型的平面多环芳烃（如蒄）不同，苝是一种分子碗状的碳。它可以被想象为富勒烯 C60 的帽区或单壁碳纳米管的一端。这种结构上的区别体现在独特的性质上。例如，苝具有碗翻转动力学、电子接受能力，以及与 C60 形成球窝型相互作用的能力。这些多样的性质使得苝在从有机电子和传感到能量存储和自组装等众多领域都有应用。在这篇专题文章中，我们的目标是讨论苝化学中的主要合成发展，这些发展使科学界能够以实际的方式获得这种美丽的分子，讨论苝核的独特性质，使它有别于平面多核芳烃，以及讨论它在材料化学领域的应用。
