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 …

The consequences of twisting nanocarbons: lessons from tethered twisted acenes

A Bedi, O Gidron - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The properties of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are determined by their
size, shape, and functional groups. Equally important is their curvature, since deviation from …

Independent gradient model based on Hirshfeld partition: A new method for visual study of interactions in chemical systems

T Lu, Q Chen - Journal of computational chemistry, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The powerful independent gradient model (IGM) method has been increasingly popular in
visual analysis of intramolecular and intermolecular interactions in recent years. However …

A deep blue B, N-doped heptacene emitter that shows both thermally activated delayed fluorescence and delayed fluorescence by triplet–triplet annihilation

SM Suresh, E Duda, D Hall, Z Yao… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
An easy-to-access, near-UV-emitting linearly extended B, N-doped heptacene with high
thermal stability is designed and synthesized in good yields. This compound exhibits …

Supertwistacene: a helical graphene nanoribbon

S Ma, J Gu, C Lin, Z Luo, Y Zhu… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
This work describes a synthetic chiral graphene nanoribbon, named supertwistacene 1. It
has four superbenzene (HBC) units linearly fused in a helical manner. The structure of 1, 4.3 …

Recent Progress in High Linearly Fused Polycyclic Conjugated Hydrocarbons (PCHs, n > 6) with Well‐Defined Structures

W Chen, F Yu, Q Xu, G Zhou, Q Zhang - Advanced Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Although polycyclic conjugated hydrocarbons (PCHs) and their analogues have gained
great progress in the fields of organic photoelectronic materials, the in‐depth study on …

A triskelion‐shaped saddle–helix hybrid nanographene

CM Cruz, IR Márquez… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A unique rippled nanographene consisting of 52 fused rings is presented in which six out‐of‐
plane motifs are fully fused into a triangular aromatic surface with a size of approximately 2.5 …

A Heptacene Analogue Entailing a Quinoidal Benzodi [7] annulene (7/6/7 Ring) Core with a Tunable Configuration and Multiple Redox Properties

YY Huang, B Wu, D Shi, D Liu, W Meng… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐benzenoid acenes containing heptagons have received increasing attention. We
herein report a heptacene analogue containing a quinoidal benzodi [7] annulene core …

π-Extended Rubrenes via Dearomative Annulative π-Extension Reaction

W Matsuoka, KP Kawahara, H Ito… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Among a large variety of organic semiconducting materials, rubrene (5, 6, 11, 12-
tetraphenyltetracene) represents one of the most prominent molecular entities mainly …

Rupturing aromaticity by periphery overcrowding

PK Saha, A Mallick, AT Turley, AN Bismillah… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
The balance between strain relief and aromatic stabilization dictates the form and function of
non-planar π-aromatics. Overcrowded systems are known to undergo geometric …