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 …

Tridecacyclene tetraimide, TCTI, an electron‐deficient non‐benzenoid nanocarbon with a
C56N4 polycyclic framework was obtained in a concise synthesis. TCTI has a non‐planar …

A saddle‐shaped π‐extended zinc porphyrin containing a peripheral pyridyl ligand
undergoes quantitative self‐assembly into a cyclic trimer. The trimer has a prismatic …

Molecules with intense near‐IR (NIR) emission are beneficial for modern applications such
as night vision, bio‐imaging etc. However, elaborate synthetic manipulations make them …

π-Extended dibenzoullazines containing an acenaphthylene subunit were designed and
synthesized. Two different synthetic strategies were employed: route A, based on Pd …

Self-assembled islands of 5, 10, 15, 20-tetrakis (pentafluoro-phenyl) porphyrin (2HTFPP) on
Au (111) contain two bistable molecular species that differ by shifted electronic energy …

Pentacosacyclene (PC) and pentacosacyclene tetraimide (PCTI) were obtained in concise
syntheses involving radial extension of tridecacyclene. PC is an electron-rich hydrocarbon …

Selective self-assembly of heterodimers consisting of two non-identical subunits plays
important roles in Nature but is rarely encountered in synthetic supramolecular systems …

A family of tunable halochromic switches is developed using a naphthalimide‐fused dipyrrin
as the core π‐conjugated motif. Electronic properties of these dipyrrins are tuned by …

Fusion of aromatic subunits onto porphyrin chromophores produces variable results and in
some cases only minor bathochromic shifts are observed. In order to extend these …