A Negatively Curved Nanographene with Four Embedded Heptagons

SM Elbert, OTA Paine, T Kirschbaum… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Negatively curved nanographenes are considered as cutouts of three-dimensional fully sp2-
hybridized carbon allotropes such as Schwarzites. Here we present the synthesis of a C76 …

Cyclooctatetraene‐Embedded Carbon Nanorings

SN Lei, L Zhu, N Xue, X **ao, L Shi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
With the prosperity of the development of carbon nanorings, certain topologically or
functionally unique units‐embedded carbon nanorings have sprung up in the past decade …

Enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral figure-eight spirocycloparaphenylenes via Rh-catalyzed intermolecular [2+ 2+ 2] cycloaddition

LH Wang, J Nogami, Y Nagashima, K Tanaka - Organic Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
We have achieved the enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral figure-eight spiro [9.9]
cycloparaphenylene (CPP) tetracarboxylates with up to 75: 25 er via the cationic Rh (I)/(R) …

Conjugated figure-of-eight macrocycles derived from the anthracene photodimer: synthetic execution through intramolecular cyclization and topological manipulation …

L Zhan, H **ao, JN Gao, H Cong - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Dual-cavity macrocycles with extended π-conjugation are synthetically challenging yet
attractive targets, exhibiting intriguing topologies and functional properties. In this work, a …

Synthesis of All‐Benzene Multi‐Macrocyclic Nanocarbons by Post‐Functionalization of meta‐Cycloparaphenylenes

JN Gao, A Bu, Y Chen, M Huang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Expanding the diversity of multi‐macrocyclic nanocarbons, particularly those with all‐
benzene scaffolds, represents intriguing yet challenging synthetic tasks. Complementary to …

Direct ladderization of cyclooctatetraene-containing, processable conjugated ladder polymers from annulated bis-zirconacyclopentadienes

AJ Rothenberger, HM Bergman, H Li, M Qi, Y Wang… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Conjugated ladder polymers (CLPs) are difficult yet captivating synthetic targets due to their
fully unsaturated fused backbones. Inherent challenges associated with their synthesis often …

Direct π-extension of a conjugated carbon nanohoop using a zipper method

K Wei, Z Cheng, X Zhang, Q Huang, P Du - Chemical Communications, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The π-extension of carbon nanorings towards ultrashort carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is a great
challenge for synthetic chemists. Herein, we report the synthesis, characterization, and …

Launching Graphene into 3D Space: Symmetry, Topology, and Strategies for Bottom-Up Synthesis of Schwarzites

AV Ignatchenko - The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
Schwarzites are hypothetical carbon allotropes in the form of a continuous negatively curved
surface with three-dimensional periodicity. These materials of the future attract interest …

Synthesis and physical properties of doubly-annulated [10] cycloparaphenylene

L Sun, E Kayahara, T Nishinaga, M Ball… - Bulletin of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
A doubly annulated cycloparaphenylene (CPP), in which two [N] paraphenylenes share one
benzene unit by meta (m)-connection, m-, m-phenylene-[2 N] CPP with N= 5 (2a), was …

Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Small Helical Carbon Nanohoops Combined with Computational Studies on Racemization Pathway

Z Chu, H Liu, T Wu, C Wang, WM Wei… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We herein report the facile synthesis of two helical carbon nanorings with small ring sizes,
cyclo [6] paraphenylene‐1, 5‐naphthylene ([6] CPPNap1, 5), and cyclo [6] paraphenylene …