Synthesis of distorted nanographenes containing seven- and eight-membered carbocycles
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Royal Society of Chemistry
Materia
nanographenes, PAHs, saddle-curvatures
Date
2018-05-17Referencia bibliográfica
Chem. Commun., 2018 [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/51954]
Patrocinador
The European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (ERC-2015-STG-677023) and the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO, Spain) (CTQ2015-70283-P).Résumé
This feature article focuses on the bottom-up approaches (solution-phase) based on organic synthesis
for the preparation of saddle-shaped distorted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). We summarise the
recent progress on the synthetic strategies followed to obtain well-defined nanographenes containing
heptagonal and octagonal carbocycles, highlighting the novel strategy developed by our group together
with our recent contributions in the area of distorted aromatics. The presence of seven- or eight-membered
rings induces a saddle-shape curvature in the planar network pushing the structure out of the plane, which
influences the physical properties exhibited. Some brief details on the optical and electronic properties of
these curved nanostructures are also discussed.