Tuning the separation and coupling of corannulene trianion-radicals through sizable alkali metal belts† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Details of preparation, characterization, X-ray diffraction study, and theoretical calculations. CCDC 1516728. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c6sc05370j Click here for additional data file.

Tuning Separation and Coupling of Corannulene Trianion-Radicals through Sizable Alkali Metal Belts Sarah N. Spisak, Andrey Yu. Rogachev, Alexander V. Zabula, Alexander S. Filatov, Rodolphe Clérac, Marina A. Petrukhina a Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222, USA. E-mail: [email protected] b Department of Chemistry, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA. E-mail: [email protected] c Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA d CNRS, CRPP, UPR 8641, F-33600 Pessac, France e Univ. Bordeaux, CRPP, UPR 8641, F-33600 Pessac, France