Volume 54, Issue 21 pp. 6181-6185
Communication

Stabilizing Two Classical Antiaromatic Frameworks: Demonstration of Photoacoustic Imaging and the Photothermal Effect in Metalla-aromatics

Dr. Congqing Zhu

Dr. Congqing Zhu

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials ( i ChEM), and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China) http://junzhu.chem8.org/ http://chem.xmu.edu.cn/group/hpxia/index.htm

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Yuhui Yang

Yuhui Yang

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials ( i ChEM), and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China) http://junzhu.chem8.org/ http://chem.xmu.edu.cn/group/hpxia/index.htm

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Ming Luo

Ming Luo

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials ( i ChEM), and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China) http://junzhu.chem8.org/ http://chem.xmu.edu.cn/group/hpxia/index.htm

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Caixia Yang

Caixia Yang

State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics and Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102 (China)

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Jingjing Wu

Jingjing Wu

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials ( i ChEM), and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China) http://junzhu.chem8.org/ http://chem.xmu.edu.cn/group/hpxia/index.htm

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Lina Chen

Lina Chen

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials ( i ChEM), and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China) http://junzhu.chem8.org/ http://chem.xmu.edu.cn/group/hpxia/index.htm

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Prof. Dr. Gang Liu

Prof. Dr. Gang Liu

State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics and Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102 (China)

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Prof. Dr. Tingbin Wen

Prof. Dr. Tingbin Wen

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials ( i ChEM), and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China) http://junzhu.chem8.org/ http://chem.xmu.edu.cn/group/hpxia/index.htm

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Dr. Jun Zhu

Corresponding Author

Dr. Jun Zhu

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials ( i ChEM), and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China) http://junzhu.chem8.org/ http://chem.xmu.edu.cn/group/hpxia/index.htm

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China) http://junzhu.chem8.org/http://chem.xmu.edu.cn/group/hpxia/index.htmSearch for more papers by this author
Prof. Dr. Haiping Xia

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Haiping Xia

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials ( i ChEM), and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China) http://junzhu.chem8.org/ http://chem.xmu.edu.cn/group/hpxia/index.htm

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China) http://junzhu.chem8.org/http://chem.xmu.edu.cn/group/hpxia/index.htmSearch for more papers by this author
First published: 30 March 2015
Citations: 106

This research was supported by the 973 Program (Nos. 2012CB821600 and 2014CB744503), the NSFC (Nos. 21332002, 21172184, and 81422023) and the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-13-0511 and NCET-13-0502). We thank Prof. Xin Lu for helpful discussions.

Graphical Abstract

Two birds with one stone: Two classical antiaromatic molecules, cyclobutadiene and pentalene, were stabilized by introducing one metal fragment by a [2+2] cycloaddition reaction of osmapentalyne with alkynes. These metalla-aromatic molecules absorb broadly from the UV to the near-IR region and show significant photoacoustic and photothermal effects.

Abstract

Antiaromatic species are substantially less thermodynamically stable than aromatic moieties. Herein, we report the stabilization of two classical antiaromatic frameworks, cyclobutadiene and pentalene, by introducing one metal fragment through the first [2+2] cycloaddition reaction of a late-transition-metal carbyne with alkynes. Experimental observations and theoretical calculations reveal that the metal fragment decreases the antiaromaticity in cyclobutadiene and pentalene simultaneously, leading to air- and moisture-stable products. These molecules show broad absorption from the UV to the near-IR region, resulting in photoacoustic and photothermal effects for metalla-aromatic compounds for the first time. These results will encourage further efforts into the exploration of organometallic compounds for photoacoustic-imaging-guided photothermal therapy.

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