Recent advances in supramolecular fullerene chemistry

X Chang, Y Xu, M von Delius - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Fullerene chemistry has come a long way since 1990, when the first bulk production of C60
was reported. In the past decade, progress in supramolecular chemistry has opened some …

Transition-metal-catalyzed silylation and borylation of C–H bonds for the synthesis and functionalization of complex molecules

IF Yu, JW Wilson, JF Hartwig - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
The functionalization of C–H bonds in organic molecules containing functional groups has
been one of the holy grails of catalysis. One synthetically important approach to the diverse …

Conjugated molecular nanotubes

S Mirzaei, E Castro… - Chemistry–A European …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular compounds with permanent tubular architectures displaying radial π‐conjugation
are exceedingly rare. Their radial and axial delocalization presents them with unique optical …

Overcrowded Ethylene-Bridged Nanohoop Dimers: Regioselective Synthesis, Multiconfigurational Electronic States, and Global Hückel/Möbius Aromaticity

K Li, Z Xu, J Xu, T Weng, X Chen, S Sato… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The design and preparation of molecular systems with multiple geometric and electronic
configurations are the cornerstones for multifunctional materials with stimuli-responsive …

A Fourfold Gold (I)− Aryl Macrocycle with Hyperbolic Geometry and its Reductive Elimination to a Carbon Nanoring Host

N Grabicki, S Fisher, O Dumele - … Chemie International Edition, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract An ethylene glycol‐decorated [6] cyclo‐meta‐phenylene (CMP) macrocycle was
synthesized and utilized as a subunit to construct a fourfold AuI2− aryl metallacycle with an …

A nitrogen-doped nanotube molecule with atom vacancy defects

K Ikemoto, S Yang, H Naito, M Kotani, S Sato… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes have attracted attention in various fields, but lack of
congeners with discrete molecular structures has hampered developments based on in …

Synthesis and electronic properties of bridged [8]-,[12]-and [16]-cyclo-para-phenylenes

F Lucas, J Rault-Berthelot, C Quinton… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Hoop-shaped π-conjugated macrocycles constitute a new family of π-conjugated systems
displaying unique properties induced by their radially directed π-orbitals. The electronic …

Narrowing segments of helical carbon nanotubes with curved aromatic panels

K Kogashi, T Matsuno, S Sato, H Isobe - Angewandte Chemie, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Rigid molecular cylinders with a 1 nm diameter were synthesized by assembling arylene
panels with Pt‐mediated macrocylization. Chrysenylene panels that previously participated …

Confined Spaces in [n]Cyclo‐2,7‐pyrenylenes

N Grabicki, KTD Nguyen, S Weidner… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A set of strained aromatic macrocycles based on [n] cyclo‐2, 7‐(4, 5, 9, 10‐tetrahydro)
pyrenylenes is presented with size‐dependent photophysical properties. The K‐region of …

Phenine design for nanocarbon molecules

K Ikemoto, TM Fukunaga, H Isobe - … of the Japan Academy, Series B, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
With the name “phenine” given to 1, 3, 5-trisubstituted benzene for a fundamental trigonal
planar unit to weave nanometer-sized networks, a series of curved nanocarbon molecules …