[16]Cloverphene: a Clover-Shaped cata-Condensed Nanographene with Sixteen Fused Benzene Rings

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 51; no. 1; pp. 173 - 177
• Main Authors: Alonso, José M., Díaz-Álvarez, Alba E., Criado, Alejandro, Pérez, Dolores, Peña, Diego, Guitián, Enrique
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 02.01.2012; WILEY‐VCH Verlag; Wiley; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: arynes; Chemistry; Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; cycloadditions; hydrocarbons; nanographenes; oligoacenes; Physical Sciences; Science & Technology; oligoacenes; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; 1,4-BENZADIYNE EQUIVALENT; ACENES; CARBON; hydrocarbons; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC-HYDROCARBONS; cycloadditions; PHOTOGENERATION; arynes; HEPTACENE; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; CYCLOTRIMERIZATION; nanographenes

Living in clover: Sequential [4+2] and [2+2+2] aryne cycloadditions allow the isolation of cloverlike and archlike nanographenes (see picture). This approach led to the synthesis of the largest cata‐condensed aromatic hydrocarbon that has been obtained to date, a system formed by 16 fused benzene ri...