Abstract
AbstractCircumacenes (CAs) are a distinctive type of benzenoid polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons where an acene unit is completely enclosed by a layer of outer fused benzene rings. Despite their unique structures, the synthesis of CAs is challenging, and until recently, the largest CA molecule synthesized was circumanthracene. In this study, we report the successful synthesis of an extended circumpentacene derivative 1, which represents the largest CA molecule synthesized to date. Its structure was confirmed by X‐ray crystallographic analysis and its electronic properties were systematically investigated by both experiments and theoretical calculations. It shows a unique open‐shell diradical character due to the existence of extended zigzag edges, with a moderate diradical character index (y0=39.7 %) and a small singlet‐triplet energy gap (ΔES‐T=−4.47 kcal/mol). It exhibits a dominant local aromatic character with π‐electrons delocalized in the individual aromatic sextet rings. It has a small HOMO–LUMO energy gap and displays amphoteric redox behavior. The electronic structures of its dication and dianion can be considered as doubly charged structures in which two coronene units are fused with a central aromatic benzene ring. This study provides a new route toward stable multizigzag‐edged graphene‐like molecules with open‐shell di/polyradical character.
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