TY - JOUR AB - Heptahelicene-2-carboxylic acid was effectively synthesised from suitably functionalised naphthalene building blocks. Methoxy-substituted 1,1'-ethyne-1,2-diylbis(2-but-3-yn-1-ylnaphthalene) was cyclised in the presence of CpCo(CO)(2)/PPh(3) to 2-methoxy-7,8,11,12-tetrahydroheptahelicene, which was converted into heptahelicen-2-yl trifluoromethanesulfonate. This reactive intermediate underwent Pd(OAc)(2)/dppp-catalysed methoxycarbonylation reaction to provide, after hydrolysis, heptahelicene-2-carboxylic acid. The racemate was resolved into enantiomers by semipreparative HPLC on a chiral column. The helicity of (+)-(P)-heptahelicene-2-carboxylic acid was assigned by correlating its CD spectrum to that of the known (+)-(P)-heptahelicene. Racemic heptahelicene-2-carboxylic acid was deposited on calcite (10-14) to undergo self-assembly into nanowire-like aggregates as demonstrated by noncontact atomic force microscopy (NC-AFM). DA - 2011 DO - 10.1002/ejoc.201001110 KW - Arenes KW - Alkynes KW - Cyclotrimerisation KW - Nanostructures KW - Scanning probe KW - microscopy LA - eng IS - 5 M2 - 853 PY - 2011 SN - 1434-193X SP - 853-860 T2 - European Journal of Organic Chemistry TI - Racemic and Optically Pure Heptahelicene-2-carboxylic Acid: Its Synthesis and Self-Assembly into Nanowire-Like Aggregates UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-29138258 Y2 - 2024-11-21T16:33:54 ER -