The Phenylenes

伯克利本研究的重点是制备苯， 使用过渡金属来组装高度 然后将含能炔前体低聚， 具有线性、角形、C3对称、圆形、弯曲和锯齿形的亚苯基 拓扑学 结构上的重大发现包括苯 环“缺乏芳香性”和观察强曲率。 获得球形和平面碳氢化合物以及材料， 碳网和石墨“洋葱”是潜在的， approach.有了这个更新奖，合成有机计划是 支持K博士的研究。Peter C.福尔哈特 化学在加州大学伯克利分校。 沃尔哈特教授 将把工作重点放在制备一类新型苯型烃上 称为亚苯基。 亚苯基含有其中稠合的 环丁二烯与苯环交替以提供具有 作为有机分子磁性和/或导电材料的潜力，以及 作为一个先驱，以大量的其他新的类的高度 具有新颖拓扑结构的含能化合物。

Berkeley The focus of this research is the preparation of phenylenes employing methodology in which transition metals are used to assemble highly energetic alkyne precursors which are then oligomerized to produce phenylenes with linear, angular, C3-symmetric, circular, bent and zigzag topologies. Structurally significant discoveries have included benzene rings `devoid of aromaticity` and the observation of strong curvature. Access to spherical and planar hydrocarbons as well as materials such as carbon nets and graphitic `onions` is potentially available through this approach. With this renewal award, the Synthetic Organic Program is supporting the research of Dr. K. Peter C. Vollhardt of the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Vollhardt will focus his work on preparing a class of novel benzenoid hydrocarbons known as phenylenes. The phenylenes contain structures in which fused cyclobutadienes alternate with benzene rings to afford systems that have potential as organic molecular magnetic and/or conducting materials, and serve as precursors to a plethora of other novel classes of highly energetic compounds with novel topologies.