Nanographene with multiple embedded heptagons: cascade radical photocyclization

ZL Qiu, XW Chen, YD Huang, RJ Wei… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Although heptagons are widely found in graphenic materials, the precise synthesis of
nanocarbons containing heptagons remains a challenge, especially for the nanocarbons …

Bis‐peri‐dinaphtho‐rylenes: Facile Synthesis via Radical‐Mediated Coupling Reactions and their Distinctive Electronic Structures

T Shen, Y Zou, X Hou, H Wei, L Ren… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with a one‐dimensional (1D), ribbon‐like structure
have the potential to serve as both model compounds for corresponding graphene …

Helical Synthetic Nanographenes with Atomic Precision

Y Zhu, J Wang - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Understanding and harnessing the properties of nanoscale molecular entities
are considered as new frontiers in basic chemistry. In this regard, synthetic nanographene …

Oxidative cyclo-rearrangement of helicenes into chiral nanographenes

C Shen, G Zhang, Y Ding, N Yang, F Gan… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Nanographenes are emerging as a distinctive class of functional materials for electronic and
optical devices. It is of remarkable significance to enrich the precise synthetic chemistry for …

Helical nanographenes containing an azulene unit: synthesis, crystal structures, and properties

J Ma, Y Fu, E Dmitrieva, F Liu, H Komber… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Three unprecedented helical nanographenes (1, 2, and 3) containing an azulene
unit are synthesized. The resultant helical structures are unambiguously confirmed by X‐ray …

Cationic nitrogen‐doped helical nanographenes

K Xu, Y Fu, Y Zhou, F Hennersdorf… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we report the design and synthesis of a series of novel cationic nitrogen‐doped
nanographenes (CNDNs) with nonplanar geometry and axial chirality. Single‐crystal X‐ray …

Facile Synthesis of Nitrogen‐Doped Nanographenes with Joined Nonhexagons via a Ring Expansion Strategy

H Luo, J Liu - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic methodology is considered a holy grail in both organic chemistry and materials
science. Over the past few decades, researchers have explored graphene‐type molecules …

Combining defects in a single nanographene: a fully helical saddle ribbon

CM Cruz, S Castro-Fernández, E Macoas, A Millán… - Synlett, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
The controlled preparation of well-defined distorted nanographenes by a bottom-up
approach based on organic synthesis permits the direct establishment of unprecedented …

Synthesis of defective nanographenes containing joined pentagons and heptagons

Y Fei, J Liu - Advanced Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Defective nanographenes containing joined pentagons and heptagons exhibit striking
physicochemical properties from both experimental and theoretical perspectives compared …

A Hexabenzocoronene‐Based Helical Nanographene

MM Martin, F Hampel, N Jux - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A synthetic route towards a novel hexabenzocoronene‐based helical nanographene motif
was developed. A hexaphenylbenzene precursor was therefore designed, which cannot …