o-Silylaryl Triflates: A Journey of Kobayashi Aryne Precursors

J Shi, L Li, Y Li - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Arynes are among the most active organic intermediates and have found numerous
applications in expeditious preparation of substituted arenes. In the past 20 years, chemists …

Synthesis of nanographenes, starphenes, and sterically congested polyarenes by aryne cyclotrimerization

I Pozo, E Guitián, D Perez, D Pena - Accounts of chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus In recent years, synthetic transformations based on aryne chemistry have
become particularly popular, mostly due to the spread of methods to generate these highly …

Expanded [2,1][n]Carbohelicenes with 15- and 17-Benzene Rings

M Toya, T Omine, F Ishiwari, A Saeki… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Expanded carbohelicenes with structures fused to 15-and 17-benzene were successfully
synthesized. Establishing a new synthetic strategy is crucial to realize the development of …

On-surface synthesis of nanographenes and graphene nanoribbons on titanium dioxide

R Zuzak, J Castro-Esteban, M Engelund, D Pérez… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The formation of two types of nanographenes from custom designed and synthesized
molecular precursors has been achieved through thermally induced intramolecular …

Multiple helicenes featuring synthetic approaches and molecular structures

A Tsurusaki, K Kamikawa - Chemistry Letters, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Helicenes are attractive non-planar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with unique optical
and electronic properties. In recent years, the chemistry of “multiple helicenes” with plural …

Fluorine-programmed nanozip** to tailored nanographenes on rutile TiO2 surfaces

M Kolmer, R Zuzak, AK Steiner, L Zajac, M Engelund… - Science, 2019 - science.org
The rational synthesis of nanographenes and carbon nanoribbons directly on nonmetallic
surfaces has been an elusive goal for a long time. We report that activation of the carbon (C) …

Overcrowded Triply Fused Carbo [7] helicene

A Artigas, F Rigoulet, M Giorgi… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This paper presents the synthesis and comprehensive analysis of a highly contorted and
doubly negatively curved multihelicene compound, composed of three carbo [7] helicene …

Stereoselective syntheses, structures, and properties of extremely distorted chiral nanographenes embedding hextuple helicenes

M Roy, V Berezhnaia, M Villa… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We report a molecular design and concept using π‐system elongation and steric effects from
helicenes surrounding a triphenylene core toward stable chiral polycyclic aromatic …

Scanning probe microscopy in probing low-dimensional carbon-based nanostructures and nanomaterials

C Zhang, Z Yi, W Xu - Materials Futures, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Carbon, as an indispensable chemical element on Earth, has diverse covalent bonding
ability, which enables construction of extensive pivotal carbon-based structures in multiple …

On-surface synthesis with atomic hydrogen

R Zuzak, A Jančařík, A Gourdon, M Szymonski… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Surface-assisted synthesis has become a powerful approach for generation of molecular
nanostructures, which could not be obtained via traditional solution chemistry. Nowadays …