Two distorted nanographenes combining helicenes and a fluoranthene unit within their polycyclic scaffolds were synthesized. Their structural and electronic properties were elucidated by various spectr...

Despite their rigid, orthogonal π-systems and synthetic modularity, allenes remain underexplored in functional material design. Here, we report that tetraaryl-substituted allenes undergo clean and rev...

Silver-mediated phosphacyclic ring expansion with strategic placement of phosphorus and dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) on Vat Orange 3 was carried out. The target compounds possess narrow HOMO...

This Perspective describes the role of London dispersion (LD) interactions as a key factor controlling chemical selectivity. LD arises from the correlated motion of electrons, leading to subtle yet si...

The use of water as a solvent to facilitate supramolecular self-assembly and polymerization is well-documented; however, it is rare that water acts as a monomer that undergoes polymerization. We repor...

Chemists make new class of planar organometallic compounds

Chiral nanographenes constitute an unconventional material class that deviates from planar graphene cutouts. They have gained considerable attention for their ability to exhibit circularly polarized l...

In 1972, Erich Clar envisioned Clar’s goblet, a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon featuring two unpaired electrons that are spin-paired. However, synthesizing it in a solution phase remains challenging....

A new hybrid nanocarbon composed of dissimilar naonosheets, has been synthesized. This hybrid possesses electronic properties similar to its components and exhibits a highly curved structure with con...