Nanoscience based on a pi bowl "sumanene"

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22245007
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Organic chemistry
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: HIRAO Toshikazu 大阪大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (90116088)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): AMAYA Toru 大阪大学, 工学研究科, 助教 (20397615)
• Research Collaborator: MORIUCHI Toshiyuki ; SEKI Shuhei ; OKUMURA Mitsutaka ; HERBER Rolfe H. ; PUGMIRE Ronald J. ; FASEL Roman
• Project Period (FY): 2010-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: スマネン / πボウル / π共役系分子 / メタロセン / 含窒素グラファイト

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Bowl-shaped π-conjugated molecule with a partial structure of fullerene (π bowls) could provide the third key materials in addition to fullerenes and carbon nanotubes in non-planar carbon materials. In this study, we focused on a π bowl sumanene, and conducted to reveal the potential for organic synthesis and materials as a carbon nanoscience and nanotechnology from Japan. More specifically, we studied the following subjects: 1. development of molecular transformation of sumanene, 2. synthesis of organometallic complexes using sumanene as a ligand, 3. development of synthetic method for the carbon materials utilizing the strain energy of sumanene, 4. dynamic behavior and molecular recognition on a surface of metal substrate.

Free Research Field

有機合成化学、機能有機化学