Abstract
The synthesis and characterization of 1,4,5,8,9,12-hexamethyltriphenylene (5) is described. In the solid state, X-ray crystallographic studies reveal that compound 5 presents a highly distorted C2 geometry with a 53 degrees end-to-end twist. In solution, variable-temperature 1H NMR studies and molecular modeling present a story of rapid dynamic conformational interconversions between two C2 enantiomers (with a low activation barrier) and a slower C2-D3 interconversion (with a relatively high barrier)--the first time clear evidence of conformational interchange for these hindered triphenylenes has been provided. Further studies have established that 5 is a fluorescent stable blue emitter, and that the compound undergoes an irreversible one-electron electrochemical oxidation. Calculations have predicted this to be a radical cation of C2 geometry with 60 degrees end-to-end twist.
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