Rational Functionalization of a C<sub>70</sub> Buckybowl To Enable a C<sub>70</sub>:Buckybowl Cocrystal for Organic Semiconductor Applications.
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| Abstract | :  Fullerene fragments, referred to as buckybowls, are garnering interest due to their distinctive molecular shapes and optoelectronic properties. Here, we report the synthesis and characterization of a novel C subunit, diindeno[4,3,2,1-:4',3',2',1'-]perylene, that is substituted with either triethylsilyl(TES)-ethynyl or 2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl groups at the -positions. The resulting compounds ( and ) display a bowl-to-bowl inversion at room temperature. Notably, the substituent groups on the -positions alter both the geometric and the electronic properties as well as the crystal packing of the buckybowls. In contrast to the 2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl groups in , the TES-ethynyl groups in lead to enhanced bond length alternation, resulting in weaker aromaticity of the six-membered rings of the buckybowl skeleton. forms one-dimensional (1D) concave-in-convex stacking columns, and when is blended with C, the buckybowls encapsulate C and result in two-dimensional cocrystals. Organic field-effect transistor (OFET) measurements demonstrate that displays a hole mobility of 0.31 cm V s, and the -C cocrystal exhibits ambipolar transport characteristics with electron and hole mobilities approaching 0.40 and 0.07 cm V s, respectively. This work demonstrates the potential of buckybowls for the development of organic semiconductors. | 
| Year of Publication | :  2020 | 
| Journal | :  Journal of the American Chemical Society | 
| Volume | :  142 | 
| Issue | :  5 | 
| Number of Pages | :  2460-2470 | 
| Date Published | :  2020 | 
| ISSN Number | :  0002-7863 | 
| URL | :  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b12192 | 
| DOI | :  10.1021/jacs.9b12192 | 
| Short Title | :  J Am Chem Soc | 
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