Recent advances in heterocyclic nanographenes and other polycyclic heteroaromatic compounds

A Borissov, YK Maurya, L Moshniaha… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review surveys recent progress in the chemistry of polycyclic heteroaromatic molecules
with a focus on structural diversity and synthetic methodology. The article covers literature …

The Scholl reaction as a powerful tool for synthesis of curved polycyclic aromatics

Y Zhang, SH Pun, Q Miao - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The past decade has witnessed remarkable success in the synthesis of curved polycyclic
aromatics through Scholl reactions which enable oxidative aryl–aryl coupling even in …

Heteroatom-doped nanographenes with structural precision

XY Wang, X Yao, A Narita… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Nanographenes, which are defined as nanoscale (1–100 nm) graphene
cutouts, include quasi-one-dimensional graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) and quasi-zero …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the graphene era

XY Wang, X Yao, K Müllen - Science China Chemistry, 2019 - Springer
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been the subject of interdisciplinary research
in the fields of chemistry, physics, materials science, and biology. Notably, PAHs have drawn …

New advances in chiral nanographene chemistry

HV Anderson, ND Gois, WA Chalifoux - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Chiral nanographenes are an intriguing class of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon structures,
where combining the unique properties of inherently chiral molecules with the optical …

Fusing of seven HBCs toward a green nanographene propeller

Y Zhu, X Guo, Y Li, J Wang - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
This work presents a green chiral nanographene propeller (NP), which is built by fusing
seven hexabenzocoronenes in a helical arrangement. It contains 258 conjugated carbon …

Synthesis of a carbon nanocone by cascade annulation

K Shoyama, F Würthner - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
More than 50 years have passed since the first observation of graphitic cones in the
pyrolysis of carbon. However, to date there has been no report in the literature on the …

Regioselective synthesis of polycyclic and heptagon‐embedded aromatic compounds through a versatile π‐extension of aryl halides

WC Fu, Z Wang, WTK Chan, Z Lin… - Angewandte …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A versatile π‐extension reaction was developed based on the three‐component cross‐
coupling of aryl halides, 2‐haloarylcarboxylic acids, and norbornadiene. The transformation …

Liquid Crystalline Magneto-Optically Active Peralkylated Azacoronene

L Delage-Laurin, TM Swager - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Organic Faraday rotators have gained significant attention in recent years as a promising
alternative to traditional inorganic magneto-optical (MO) materials as a result of their lower …

Synthesis, structures, and properties of core-expanded azacoronene analogue: A twisted π-system with two n-doped heptagons

K Oki, M Takase, S Mori, A Shiotari… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A core-expanded, pyrrole-fused azacoronene analogue containing two unusual N-doped
heptagons was obtained from commercially available octafluoronaphthalene and 3, 4 …