Supporting Information C3h-symmetric and Cs-symmetric Triformyl Triindolo-Truxenes: Synthesis and Properties Jun-Bo Chen,[a] Ru-Qiang Lu,[a] Xin-Chang Wang,[b] Hang Qu,[a] Hao-Liang Liu,[a] Hui Zhang,[a] and Xiao-Yu Cao*[a] [a] State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China. E-mail: xcao@xmu.edu.cn [b] Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China. Table of Contents 1. General remarks…………….…...…………………………...……..………..…..S1 2. Synthetic procedures and characterization……………………............……….S2 3. The isosurfaces of the Fukui function f -………………………………………..S7 4. UV/Vis absorption and fluorescence……...………………………………….…S8 5. X-ray crystallographic analysis……..…………..………………………….….S11 6. Concentration-dependent 1H NMR experiments and the determination of association constants……………………………………………………….…...…S13 7. 1D and 2D NMR spectra………………………………..…..……….....………S16 8. Reference……………………………………………….………………………..S32 1. General remarks All chemicals and solvents from commercial sources were used without further purification unless otherwise mentioned. 1H and 13C NMR spectra were recorded with a Bruker Avance II 400 MHz, Avance III 500 MHz, Ascend 600 MHz, or Avance III HD 850MHz NMR spectrometer. High-resolution mass spectra were recorded with a Bruker En Apex Ultra 7.0 T FTMS mass spectrometer. Absorption spectra were recorded with a SHIMADZU UV-2700 spectrometer. Fluorescence measurements were performed with a HITACHI F-7000 fluorescence spectrophotometer. Cyclic voltammetry was performed with a CHI660E electrochemical workstation in anhydrous dichloromethane containing n-Bu4NPF6 (0.1 M) as supporting electrolyte. All potentials were recorded versus Ag/AgCl (saturated) as a reference electrode. The scan rate was 100 mV s-1. Single crystal X-ray diffraction data were collected with a Rigaku SuperNova diffractometer by using CuKa (λ = 1.54184 Å) microfocus X-ray sources. Computational methods: the optimizations of structures were performed at the B3LYP/6-311G(d, p) level of theory in the gas phase on Gaussian 09, Revision E.01.[1] Harmonic vibrational frequency calculations were performed for all of the stationary points to confirm them as local minima. Single-point energies of neutral 1a and 2a and cationic 1a+ and 2a+ for Fukui function analysis were calculated at B3LYP/6-311G(d, p) level of theory in the gas phase using the optimized structures. The optimized structures were further used in time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) calculations. The TD-DFT calculations were performed at the B3LYP/6-31+G(d) level of theory in the gas phase. S1 2. Synthetic procedures and characterization Synthesis of 1b and 1c: Compound 1a was obtained according to the known procedure.[2] Compound 1a (1.46 g, 1.55 mmol) was dissolved in anhydrous dichloromethane (80 mL). 1,1-dichlorodimethyl ether (1.14 g, 9.92 mmol) and titanium tetrachloride (3.6 g, 18.9 mmol) were added to the solution. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight under a nitrogen atmosphere then quenched with water. The crude products were extracted with dichloromethane (15 mL) for three times. The organic phase was combined and washed with brine then dried over anhydrous sodium sulphate. The crude products were purified by column chromatography on silica gel with petroleum ether/dichloromethane (2:1, v/v) as mobile phase to give 1b (0.52 g, 33%) and 1c (0.45 g, 28%) as yellow solids. 1H NMR for 1b (400 MHz, C6D6, 343 K), δ (ppm) 10.07 (s, 3H), 8.13 (s, 3H), 7.94 (s, 3H), 7.70 (s, 3H), 7.51–7.44 (m, 6H), 3.71 (s, 6H), 2.33–2.29 (m, 12H), 1.36–1.30 (m, 12H), 1.18–1.08 (m, 12H), 0.87–0.84 (m, 18H). 13 C NMR for 1b (101 MHz, C6D6, 343 K), δ (ppm) 190.74, 152.10, 151.62, 147.21, 145.92, 141.88, 139.90, 136.89, 136.85, 135.83, 130.90, 123.27, 120.09, 120.05, 114.56, 55.66, 40.93, 36.77, 27.14, 23.65, 14.03. ESI-HRMS for 1b (m/z): [M+Na]+ calcd. for C75H78O3Na+, 1049.5843; found, 1049.5863. 1H NMR for 1c (400 MHz, C6D6, 343 K), δ (ppm) 10.11 (s, 2H), 9.82 (s, 1H), 9.24 (s, 1H), 8.13 (d, J = 4.7 Hz, 2H), 7.86 (s, 1H), 7.85 (s, 1H), 7.75 (m, 1H), 7.74 (s, 1H), 7.70 (s, 1H), 7.54 (d, J = 7.8 Hz, 1H), 7.52 (d, J = 7.2 Hz, 1H), 7.44–7.38 (m, 4H), 7.35 (t, J = 7.4 Hz, 1H), 3.74 (s, 2H), 3.58 (s, 4H), 2.40–2.34 (m, 12H), 1.39–1.32 (m, 12H), 1.23–1.11 (m, 12H), 0.92– 0.88 (m, 18H). 13C NMR for 1c (101 MHz, C6D6, 343 K), δ (ppm) 190.91, 190.46, 153.50, 152.25, 151.63, 151.49, 151.06, 147.77, 147.57, 146.79, 146.22, 145.67, 142.41, 142.14, 142.03, 142.00, 140.33, 139.72, 139.51, 137.32, 136.85, 136.71, 136.62, 136.44, 135.70, 133.47, 133.15, 130.77, 126.96, 123.82, 123.57, 120.69, 120.41, 120.15, 119.99, 119.28, 114.71, 114.30, 55.86, 55.70, 54.91, 41.56, 41.22, 41.10, 36.75, 27.19, 26.89, 23.86, 14.12. Some signals of 1c overlapped each S2 other that were hardly recognized. ESI-HRMS for 1c (m/z): [M+Na]+ calcd. for C75H78O3Na+, 1049.5843; found, 1049.5859. Synthesis of 2b and 2c: Compound 2a was obtained according to the known procedure.[2] Compound 2a (6.1 g, 6.47 mmol) was dissolved in 60 mL anhydrous dichloromethane. 1,1-dichlorodimethyl ether (2.77 g, 24.1 mmol) and titanium tetrachloride (9.2 g, 48.5 mmol) were added to the solution. The reaction was stirred at room temperature overnight under a nitrogen atmosphere then quenched with water. The crude products were extracted by dichloromethane, washed with brine, and dried over anhydrous sodium sulphate. The crude products were purified by column chromatography on silica gel with petroleum ether/dichloromethane (2:1, v/v) as mobile phase to give 2b (2.3 g, 35%) and 2c (1.9 g, 29%) as pale yellow solids. 1H NMR for 2b (850 MHz, CDCl3, 298 K), δ (ppm) 10.12 (s, 3H), 8.92 (s, 3H), 8.14 (s, 3H), 8.10 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 3H), 8.03 (d, J = 7.5 Hz, 3H), 7.75 (s, 3H), 4.15 (s, 6H), 3.17–3.13 (m, 6H), 2.32–2.29 (m, 6H), 0.98–0.91 (m, 12H), 0.68–0.60 (m, 12H), 0.46 (t, J = 7.4 Hz, 18H). 13C NMR for 2b (214 MHz, CDCl3, 298 K), δ (ppm) 192.18, 155.49, 148.63, 145.27, 144.06, 143.85, 139.54, 139.00, 138.28, 134.88, 129.94, 126.04, 119.55, 119.23, 116.86, 55.52, 36.90, 36.69, 26.74, 22.90, 13.84. ESI-HRMS for 2b (m/z): [M+Na]+ calcd. for C75H78O3Na+, 1049.5843; found, 1049.5843. 1H NMR for 2c (850 MHz, CDCl3, 298 K), δ (ppm) 10.71 (s, 1H), 10.12 (s, 1H), 10.11 (s, 1H), 9.88 (s, 1H), 8.93 (s, 1H), 8.92 (s, 1H), 8.14 (s, 1H), 8.13 (s, 1H), 8.10 (d, J = 3.9 Hz, 1H), 8.09 (d, J = 3.9 Hz, 1H), 8.03 (d, J = 4.2 Hz, 2H), 8.02 (d, J = 4.5 Hz, 1H), 7.98 (d, J = 7.3 Hz, 1H), 7.85 (d, J = 7.0 Hz, 1H), 7.79 (s, 1H), 7.75 (s, 1H), 7.74 (s, 1H), 7.52 (t, J = 7.2 Hz, 1H), 4.15–4.14 (m, 6H), 3.45–3.42 (m, 2H), 3.18–3.14 (m, 4H), 2.36–2.33 (m, 2H), 2.32–2.28 (m, 4H), 0.98–0.90 (m, 12H), 0.68–0.60 (m, 12H), 0.46–0.44 (m, 12H), 0.41 (t, J = 7.4 Hz, 6H). 13 C NMR for 2c (214 MHz, CDCl3, 298 K), δ (ppm) 192.57, 192.23, 192.20, 156.01, 155.61, 154.99, 148.82, 148.73, 145.76, 145.73, 145.13, 144.95, 144.12, 144.08, 143.78, 143.70, 143.57, 142.95, 139.75, 139.68, S3 139.63, 139.25, 138.91, 138.90, 138.75, 138.37, 138.06, 134.83, 134.78, 132.78, 132.30, 130.35, 129.90, 129.85, 126.09, 126.08, 126.01, 122.25, 119.54, 119.49, 119.44, 119.21, 118.53, 116.85, 116.71, 56.01, 55.49, 55.20, 37.07, 36.92, 36.90, 36.69, 36.41, 26.76, 22.93, 22.92, 22.90, 13.85. Some signals of 2c overlapped each other that were hardly recognized. ESI-HRMS for 2c (m/z): [M+Na]+ calcd. for C75H78O3Na+, 1049.5843; found, 1049.5828. Synthesis of 4: Compound 3 was obtained according to the known procedure.[3] Compound 3 (3.0 g, 4.4 mmol) and 2-iodo-5-methylbenzoyl chloride (5.9 g, 21.0 mmol) were dissolved in dichloromethane (30 mL). Anhydrous aluminum chloride (2.5 g, 18.7 mmol) was added to the solution slowly. The resulting black reaction was stirred at room temperature overnight under a nitrogen atmosphere then quenched with water. The crude product was extracted by dichloromethane (15 mL) for three times. The organic phase was combined and washed with brine, then dried over anhydrous sodium sulphate. The crude product was purified by column chromatography on silica gel with petroleum ether/dichloromethane (1:1, v/v) as mobile phase to give 4 (5.2 g, 84%) as a pale yellow solid. 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3, 298 K), δ (ppm) 8.44 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 3H), 7.99 (s, 3H), 7.83 (d, J = 8.2 Hz, 3H), 7.79 (d, J = 8.3 Hz, 3H), 7.26 (s, 3H), 7.06 (d, J = 8.2 Hz, 3H), 2.95–2.90 (m, 6H), 2.95–2.90 (m, 6H), 2.39 (s, 9H), 2.19–2.13 (m, 6H), 0.96– 0.84 (m, 12H), 0.61–0.52 (m, 6H), 0.45 (t, J = 7.3 Hz, 18H), 0.43–0.41 (m, 6H). 13C NMR (126 MHz, CDCl3, 298 K), δ (ppm) 197.37, 153.88, 148.90, 144.85, 144.48, 139.52, 138.19, 137.95, 134.01, 132.25, 129.75, 129.57, 124.57, 123.75, 88.42, 56.10, 36.34, 26.53, 22.68, 20.98, 13.80. ESI-HRMS (m/z): [M+Na]+ calcd. for C75H81I3O3Na+, 1433.3212; found, 1433.3210. S4 Synthesis of 5: Compound 4 (2.5 g, 1.7 mmol), palladium (II) acetate (0.05 g, 0.2 mmol), potassium acetate (1.35 g, 13.8 mmol), and tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB, 2.9 g, 9.0 mmol) were mixed in a 50 mL flask. N,N-dimethylformamide (24 mL) was added to the flask. The reaction was heated at 154 oC in a nitrogen atmosphere and stirred for 36 h. After that, the reaction was poured into water to get yellow precipitate. The precipitate was collected and dissolved by dichloromethane (50 mL). The solution was dry over anhydrous sodium sulphate. The crude product was purified by column chromatography on silica gel with petroleum ether/dichloromethane (3:1, v/v) as mobile phase to give 5 (1.1 g, 58%) as a yellow solid. 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3, 298 K), δ (ppm) 8.50 (s, 3H), 7.79 (s, 3H), 7.59 (d, J = 7.5 Hz, 3H), 7.54 (s, 3H), 7.40 (d, J = 7.4 Hz, 3H), 2.97–2.91 (m, 6H), 2.44 (s, 9H), 2.29–2.23 (m, 6H), 1.00–0.89 (m, 12H), 0.71–0.64 (m, 6H), 0.57–0.52 (m, 6H), 0.48 (t, J = 7.3 Hz, 18H). 13C NMR (126 MHz, CDCl3, 298 K), δ (ppm) 194.08, 154.61, 148.40, 145.63, 143.76, 142.13, 139.24, 138.13, 135.41, 135.24, 133.37, 125.07, 119.72, 118.27, 116.01, 55.86, 36.61, 26.67, 22.81, 21.44, 13.79. ESI-HRMS (m/z): [M+Na]+ calcd. for C75H78NaO3+, 1049.5843; found, 1049.5842. Synthesis of 6: Compound 5 (1.6 g, 1.56 mmol), N-Bromosuccinimide (NBS, 2.5 g, 14.0 mmol), and azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN, 0.07 g, 0.43 mmol) were mixed in a 50 mL flask. The flask was S5 added carbon tetrachloride (32 mL) then degased to change the atmosphere into nitrogen. The reaction was heated at 80 oC in nitrogen atmosphere and stirred for 36 h under the irradiation of visible light. After that, the solvent of reaction was removed under vacuum. The residue solid containing crude product 6 was used without further purification. Synthesis of 2d: Crude product 6 from former step was mixed with aqueous dimethylamine (20 mL, 40 wt.%) in a 200 mL flask. Tetrahydrofuran (20 mL) and water (7 mL) were added to the flask. The mixture was heated at 65 oC in nitrogen atmosphere and stirred overnight. The crude product was extracted by dichloromethane (15 mL) for three times. The organic phase was combined and washed with brine, then dried over anhydrous sodium sulphate. The crude product was purified by column chromatography on silica gel with petroleum ether/ethyl acetate (10:1, v/v) as mobile phase to give 2d (0.67 g, 40% from 5) as a yellow solid. 1H NMR (850 MHz, CDCl3, 298 K), δ 10.09 (s, 3H), 8.67 (s, 3H), 8.23 (s, 3H), 8.19 (d, J = 7.4 Hz, 3H), 7.92 (s, 3H), 7.90 (d, J = 7.4 Hz, 3H), 3.00–2.96 (m, 6H), 2.35–2.31 (m, 6H), 1.02–0.97 (m, 6H), 0.96–0.91 (m, 6H), 0.96–0.91 (m, 6H), 0.71–0.65 (m, 6H), 0.57–0.52 (m, 6H), 0.49 (t, J = 7.4 Hz, 18H). 13 C NMR (214 MHz, CDCl3, 298 K), δ = 191.97, 190.58, 156.59, 149.87, 148.88, 145.82, 142.40, 137.94, 137.26, 136.57, 135.66, 134.08, 125.15, 120.33, 118.79, 117.29, 56.20, 36.61, 26.70, 22.77, 13.77. ESI-HRMS (m/z): [M+Na]+ calcd. for C75H72O6Na+, 1091.5221; found, 1091.5238. S6 3. The isosurfaces of the Fukui function f – Figure S1. The isosurface for f – of 1a and the corresponding f – values for C1–C4. Figure S2. The isosurface for f – of 2a and the corresponding f – values for C1–C4. S7 4. UV/Vis absorption and fluorescence Figure S3. UV/Vis absorption spectra of 1a–1c recorded in CH2Cl2 (1 × 10-5 M). The data of 1a was from the reported work.[2] Figure S4. UV/Vis absorption spectra of 2a–2d recorded in CH2Cl2 (1 × 10-5 M). The data of 2a was from the reported work.[2] S8 Figure S5. Normalized fluorescence spectra of 1a–1c recorded in CH2Cl2 (1 × 10-5 M). The data of 1a was from the reported work.[2] Figure S6. Normalized fluorescence spectra of 2a–2d recorded in CH2Cl2 (1 × 10-5 M). The data of 2a was from the reported work.[2] S9 Table S1. UV/Vis absorption and fluorescence data of 1a–1c and 2a–2d. Compound λonset abs. [nm] λmax abs. [nm] λmax em. [nm] 1a[a] 355 338 351, 367[b] 1b 400 360 431 1c 407 361 446 2a[a] 355 340 362, 379[b] 2b 404 361 431 2c 416 362 444 2d 469 414 517 [a] The data of 1a and 2a were from the reported work.[2] [b] Shoulder peaks. S10 5. X-ray crystallographic analysis Single crystal X-ray diffraction data were collected on Rigaku SuperNova X-Ray single crystal diffractometer using CuKα (λ = 1.54184 Å) micro-focus X-ray source. Relatively large crystals were collected and covered by protective oil. The crystals were mounted on X-ray and kept at 100 K with liquid nitrogen stream during the unit cell determination and full data collection. The raw data were collected and reduced by CrysAlisPro software. The structures were solved with the SHELXT and refined with the SHELXL using Least Squares minimization, and Olex2 as GUI. The detailed crystal parameters are listed in the Supplementary Table S2. Refinement details: For each crystal, all non-hydrogen atoms were refined anisotropically. Hydrogen atoms were placed at calculated positions using the riding model and refined isotropically. The instructions AFIX 23 and AFIX 43 were used for the hydrogen atoms on the secondary –CH2– and the aromatic C–H, respectively, with the parameter of Uiso = 1.2 Ueq. The instruction AFIX 33 was used for the hydrogen atoms on the highly disordered terminal –CH3 groups with the parameter of Uiso=1.5 Ueq. No SHELX restraint was applied to the molecular skeleton. Nevertheless, the flexible butyl groups are expected to be highly disordered, as they are flexible and vibrate randomly in the crystal. Therefore, necessary SHELX restraints (i.e., DELU, SIMU, and EADP) were applied to the butyl groups to result in a reasonable model. Specifically, the anisotropic displacement parameters of disordered atoms in butyl groups were restrained to be equal within an effective standard deviation of 0.001 using the DELU command. Uij values of disordered atoms of butyl groups were constrained to be similar using the SIMU command. Atomic displacement parameters (ADPs) of different parts of disordered atoms were restrained using the EADP command. There are large voids in crystal, filling with highly disordered solvent molecules. A satisfactory disorder model for the solvent molecules was not found, therefore the Olex2 Solvent Mask routine (similar to PLATON/SQUEEZE) was used to mask out the disordered density. S11 Table S2. Crystal data and structure refinement. Compound 2b 2c Empirical formula C75H78O3 C75H78O3 Formula weight 1027.37 1027.37 Temperature / K 102(3) 100.0(3) Crystal system monoclinic monoclinic Space group I2/a I2/a a/Å 22.4535(4) 21.5572(4) b/Å 20.2319(5) 20.1039(3) c/Å 26.7671(5) 26.8578(5) α/° 90 90 β/° 92.304(2) 93.342(2) 90 90 Volume / Å 12149.8(4) 11619.9(4) Z 8 8 ρcalc g/ cm 1.123 1.175 -1 0.507 0.531 4416.0 4416.0 Crystal size / mm 0.2 ×0.2 × 0.2 0.2 ×0.2 × 0.2 Radiation CuKα (λ = 1.54184 Å) CuKα (λ = 1.54184 Å) 2θ range for data collection / o 5.478 to 147.766 6.016 to 130 Index ranges -27 ≤ h ≤ 27, -25 ≤ k ≤ 20, -17 ≤ l ≤ 33 -25 ≤ h ≤ 25, -23 ≤ k ≤ 23, -22 ≤ l ≤ 31 Reflections collected 33967 58765 Independent reflections 11738 [Rint = 0.0281, Rsigma = 0.0305] 9838 [Rint = 0.0543, Rsigma = 0.0380] Data/restraints/ parameters 11738/44/764 9838/0/728 Goodness-of-fit on F2 1.068 1.092 Final R indexes [I>2σ (I)] R1 = 0.0873, R2 = 0.2775 R1 = 0.1068, R2 = 0.2873 Final R indexes [all data] R1 = 0.1014, R2 = 0.3000 R1 = 0.1339 R2 = 0.3118 Largest diff. peak/ hole / e Å-3 0.52 / -0.42 0.60 / -0.29 Flack parameter - - CCDC# 2049943 2049944 γ/° 3 -3 μ / mm F(000) 3 S12 6. Concentration-dependent 1H NMR experiments and the determination of self-association constants The determination of self-association constants was performed based on concentration-dependent 1 H NMR experiments using solvent residual peak as an internal standard. The data points were fitted by the equation from the isodesmic aggregation mode. In the equation, δm and δa are the chemical shifts of a given compound in free monomer and aggregates status, respectively, which can be obtained from nonlinear fitting. δexp represents the chemical shifts from experiments. K is the aggregation association constant and cT is the concentration of the compound. Figure S7. Chemical shifts of Ha in 1b under different concentrations (benzene-d6, 400 MHz, 343 K) and the fitting curve of chemical shifts of Ha against concentrations. S13 Figure S8. Chemical shifts of Hb in 1c under different concentrations (benzene-d6, 400 MHz, 343 K) and the fitting curve of chemical shifts of Hb against concentrations. Figure S9. 1H NMR spectra of compound 2b under different concentrations (benzene-d6, 400 MHz, 298 K). S14 Figure S10. 1H NMR spectra of compound 2c under different concentrations (benzene-d6, 850 MHz, 298 K). Figure S11. 1H NMR spectra of compound 2d under different concentrations (benzene-d6, 850 MHz, 298 K). S15 7. 1D and 2D NMR spectra Figure S12. 1H NMR spectrum of 1b (400 MHz, C6D6, 343 K). Figure S13. 13C NMR spectrum of 1b (101 MHz, C6D6, 343 K). S16 Figure S14. Heteronuclear singular quantum correlation (HSQC) spectrum of 1b (C6D6, 343 K). Figure S15. 1H-1H correlation spectroscopy (COSY) spectrum of 1b (C6D6, 343 K). S17 Figure S16. Nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy (NOESY) spectrum of 1b (C6D6, 343 K). Figure S17. 1H NMR spectrum of 1c (400 MHz, C6D6, 343 K). S18 Figure S18. 13C NMR spectrum of 1c (101 MHz, C6D6, 343 K). Figure S19. HSQC spectrum of 1c (C6D6, 343 K). S19 Figure S20. HSQC spectrum of 1c (C6D6, 343 K). Figure S21. 1H-1H COSY spectrum of 1c (C6D6, 343 K). S20 Figure S22. 1H-1H COSY spectrum of 1c (C6D6, 343 K). Figure S23. NOESY spectrum of 1c (C6D6, 343 K). The signal of proton in FG (Ha) showed correlation with the signal of the proton in 5-position (Hg), indicating that they were spatially proximate. S21 Figure S24. NOESY spectrum of 1c (C6D6, 343 K). Figure S25. NOESY spectrum of 1c (C6D6, 343 K). S22 Figure S26. 1H NMR spectrum of 2b (850 MHz, CDCl3, 298 K). Figure S27. 13C NMR spectrum of 2b (216 MHz, CDCl3, 298 K). S23 Figure S28. HSQC NMR spectrum of 2b (CDCl3, 298 K). Figure S29. 1H-1H COSY NMR spectrum of 2b (CDCl3, 298 K). S24 Figure S30. NOESY NMR spectrum of 2b (CDCl3, 298 K). Figure S31. 1H NMR spectrum of 2c (850 MHz, CDCl3, 298 K). S25 Figure S32. 13C NMR spectrum of 2c (214 MHz, CDCl3, 298 K). Figure S33. HSQC spectrum of 2c (CDCl3, 298 K). S26 Figure S34. HSQC spectrum of 2c (CDCl3, 298 K). Figure S35. 1H-1H COSY spectrum of 2c (CDCl3, 298 K). S27 Figure S36. 1H-1H COSY spectrum of 2c (CDCl3, 298 K). Figure S37. 1H NMR spectrum of compound 2d (850 MHz, CDCl3, 298 K). S28 Figure S38. 13C NMR spectrum of compound 2d (214 MHz, CDCl3, 298 K) Figure S39. 1H NMR spectrum of compound 4 (500 MHz, CDCl3, 298 K) S29 Figure S40. 13C NMR spectrum of compound 4 (126 MHz, CDCl3, 298 K). Figure S41. 1H NMR spectrum of compound 5 (500 MHz, CDCl3, 298 K). S30 Figure S42. 13C NMR spectrum of compound 5 (126 MHz, CDCl3, 298 K). S31 8. Reference [1] Gaussian 09, Revision E.01, M. J. Frisch, G. W. Trucks, H. B. Schlegel, G. E. Scuseria, M. A. Robb, J. R. Cheeseman, G. Scalmani, V. Barone, B. Mennucci, G. A. Petersson, H. Nakatsuji, M. Caricato, X. Li, H. P. Hratchian, A. F. Izmaylov, J. Bloino, G. Zheng, J. L. Sonnenberg, M. Hada, M. Ehara, K. Toyota, R. Fukuda, J. Hasegawa, M. Ishida, T. Nakajima, Y. Honda, O. Kitao, H. Nakai, T. Vreven, J. A. Montgomery, Jr., J. E. Peralta, F. Ogliaro, M. Bearpark, J. J. Heyd, E. Brothers, K. N. Kudin, V. N. Staroverov, T. Keith, R. Kobayashi, J. Normand, K. 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