Corannulene: A curved polyarene building block for the construction of functional materials

MC Stuparu - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus This Account describes a body of research in the design and synthesis of
molecular materials prepared from corannulene. Corannulene (C20H10) is a molecular …

Buckybowl molecular tweezers for recognition of fullerenes

AS Oshchepkov - ChemPhysChem, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Buckybowl tweezers are a relatively young research area closely associated with the
development of non‐planar polycyclic aromatic systems and supramolecular chemistry …

Multitopic Corannulene–Porphyrin Hosts for Fullerenes: A Three-Layer Scaffold for Precisely Designed Supramolecular Ensembles

N Álvarez-Llorente, AJ Stasyuk, A Diez-Varga… - Organic …, 2025 - ACS Publications
A method to synthesize cofacial dimeric porphyrins bearing eight corannulene units has
been developed. It relies on the stability of octahedral CO-capped Ru (II) complexes linked …

Synthesis and structural elucidation of bisdibenzocorannulene in multiple redox states

B Li, C Yang, X Wang, G Li, W Peng… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We report an anti‐folded bowl‐shaped bisdibenzocorannulene (BDBC) featuring a new
chair‐cyclohexane‐like hexagon as a bridge of two dibenzocorannulene moieties. The …

Corannulene‐Based Quintuple [6]/[7] Helicenes: Well‐Preserved Bowl Core, Inhibited Bowl Inversion and Supramolecular Assembly with Fullerenes

K Zhang, ZC Chen, YF Wu, HR Tian… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Herein, corannulene‐based quintuple [6] helicenes (Q [6] H‐1 and Q [6] H‐2) and
[7] helicene (Q [7] H) were synthesized via penta‐fold Heck and Mallory reaction. Notably, Q …

Self-Resetting Bistable Redox Molecular Machines for Fullerene Recognition

A Sacristán-Martín, D Miguel, H Barbero… - Organic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Addressing control over molecular machines resulting in variable output modulation by
mimicking nature mechanisms is a current hot topic. The exploitation of reversibility in …

S-shaped fused azacorannulene dimer: structural and redox properties

W Wang, F Hanindita, RD Webster, S Ito - CCS Chemistry, 2023 - chinesechemsoc.org
Because of their unique structural and chemical properties, buckybowl molecules have
attracted considerable attention in a wide range of scientific disciplines. The importance and …

Buckybowl‐Based Fullerene Receptors

W Song, X Shao - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Buckybowls, bowl‐shaped polyaromatic hydrocarbons, have received intensive interest
owing to their multifaceted potentials in supramolecular chemistry and materials science …

From Induced-Fit Assemblies to Ternary Inclusion Complexes with Fullerenes in Corannulene-Based Molecular Tweezers

A Sacristán-Martín, D Miguel… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The participation of the tether moiety in fullerene recognition of corannulene-based
molecular tweezers is known to be an important factor. In the present work, we describe the …

Cycl [2, 2, 4] azine-embedded non-alternant nanographenes containing fused antiaromatic azepine ring

L Ruan, W Luo, H Zhang, P Liu, Y Shi, P An - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of non-alternant nanographenes has attracted considerable attention due
to their unique photophysical properties. Herein, we reported a novel aza-doped, non …