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Dibenzophosphapentaphenes: Exploiting P Chemistry for Gap Fine-Tuning and Coordination-Driven Assembly of Planar Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
A synthetic route to planar P-modified polycylic aromatic
hydrocarbons
(PAHs) is described. The presence of a reactive Ļ<sup>3</sup>,Ī»<sup>3</sup>-P moiety within the sp<sup>2</sup>-carbon scaffold
allows the preparation of a new family of PAHs displaying tunable
optical and redox properties. Their frontier molecular orbitals (MOs)
are derived from the corresponding phosphole MOs and show extended
conjugation with the entire Ļ framework. The coordination ability
of the P center allows the coordination-driven assembly of two molecular
PAHs onto a Au<sup>I</sup> ion