Volume 136, Issue 31 e202406514
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Orchestrated Octuple C−H Activation: A Bottom-Up Topology Engineering Approach toward Stimuli-Responsive Double-Heptagon-Embedded Wavy Polycyclic Heteroaromatics

Samim Sohel Rana

Samim Sohel Rana

Organometallics & Smart Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal, 462 066 India

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Dr. Joyanta Choudhury

Corresponding Author

Dr. Joyanta Choudhury

Organometallics & Smart Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal, 462 066 India

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First published: 17 May 2024

Abstract

Curiosity-driven innovations on the design and synthesis of nonplanar polycyclic aromatic/heteroaromatic compounds with new molecular topologies unfold exciting opportunities for harnessing their intriguing supramolecular properties and thereby the development of novel functional organic materials. This work presents such an innovative synthetic concept of a bottom-up molecular topology engineering through a unique orchestrated octuple C−H activation reaction, toward the rapid synthesis of a novel class of double heptagon-incorporated nitrogen-doped laterally-fused polycyclic compounds with rarely reported wavy structural configuration. The profound impact of the molecular wavy structures of these compounds on their properties is manifested by weak and tunable solid-state intermolecular interactions controlling the electronic properties of the materials, leading to reversibly switchable fluorochromism in the solid state and thin films with mechanical force and solvent vapors as external stimuli, thereby indicating their potential applicability in rewritable fluorescent optical recording media, security papers, mechanosensors, volatile organic compound (VOC) sensors etc.

Conflict of interests

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available in the supplementary material of this article.

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