Leitner Tanja Desirée, von Glasenapp Jan Simon, Herges Rainer, Mena-Osteritz Elena, Bäuerle Peter
Institute of Organic Chemistry II and Advanced Materials, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, Ulm, 89081, Germany.
PPG Industries Lackfabrik GmbH, Erlenbrunnenstraße 22, Bodelshausen, 72411, Germany.
Adv Sci (Weinh). 2022 Jul;9(19):e2105785. doi: 10.1002/advs.202105785. Epub 2022 Feb 8.
Sterically highly crowded and twisted thienylene-phenylenes are synthesized and structurally characterized. Single-crystal X-ray structure analyses and theoretical studies give evidence of through-space delocalization of π-electrons of peripheral (hetero)aromatic rings in toroidal and catenated topology.