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 …

As cut-outs from a graphene sheet, nanographenes (NGs) and graphene nanoribbons
(GNRs) are ideal cases with which to connect the world of molecules with that of bulk carbon …

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 …

Incorporation of main group elements into the π-conjugated frameworks is a sophisticated
strategy to alter the fundamental nature of the parent conjugated π-systems, giving rise to …

Bottom‐up synthesized graphene nanostructures, including 0D graphene quantum dots and
1D graphene nanoribbons, have recently emerged as promising candidates for efficient …

Oxidative aromatic coupling occupies a fundamental place in the modern chemistry of
aromatic compounds. It is a method of choice for the assembly of large and bewildering …

Annulative π-extension (APEX) has emerged as a powerful and efficient synthetic method
for the construction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, nanographenes, and π-extended …

Molecular nanocarbons containing heptagonal rings have attracted increasing interest due
to their dynamic behavior, electronic properties, aromaticity, and solid‐state packing …

Synthesis of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) with desirable organic units furnishes
advanced materials with unique functionalities. As an emerging class of two‐dimensional …

The activation of typically unreactive aromatic C–H bonds by transition-metal catalysis has
been receiving increased attention from the synthetic chemistry community in recent years …