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ArticleThe journal of physical chemistry letters2024

Conformational Landscapes and Energetics of Carbon Nanohoops and their Ring-in-Ring Complexes.

Niklas Geue, Markus Freiberger, Stefan Frühwald, Andreas Görling, Thomas Drewello, Perdita E Barran

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Article in The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Niklas GeueMichael Barber Centre for Collaborative Mass Spectrometry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-5216-8353
Markus FreibergerPhysical Chemistry I, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstraße 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
Stefan FrühwaldPhysical Chemistry I, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstraße 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
Andreas GörlingPhysical Chemistry I, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstraße 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1831-3318
Thomas DrewelloPhysical Chemistry I, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstraße 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7745-8912
Perdita E BarranMichael Barber Centre for Collaborative Mass Spectrometry, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-7720-586X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbon nanohoops are promising precursors for the synthesis of nanotubes, whose structural dynamics are not well understood. Here, we investigate the conformational landscape and energetics of cycloparaphenylenes (CPPs), a methylene-bridged CPP and a carbon nanobelt. These nanohoops can form host-guest complexes with other rings, and understanding their structure is crucial for predicting their properties and identifying potential applications. We used a combination of ion mobility, tandem mass spectrometry, and density functional theory to characterize the nanohoops and their ring-in-ring complexes, following the energetics and conformations of their disassembly from intact complexes to fragment ions. Our results show structural integrity of the nanohoops and host-guest complexes. They also reveal interesting trends in size, packing density, stability, and structure between [6]CPP, the methylene-bridged CPP, and the carbon nanobelt as guests in ring-in-ring complexes. Taken together, our work illustrates how mass spectrometry data can help to unravel the rules that govern the formation of carbon nanohoop assemblies.

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