One-Step Annulative π-Extension of Alkynes with Dibenzosiloles or Dibenzogermoles by Palladium/o -chloranil Catalysis

Helically Twisted Tetracene: Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Photophysical Properties of Hexabenzo[a,c,fg,j,l,op]tetracene

(2016) Kenichiro Itami et al.   SYNLETT

Synthesis of open-shell ladder π-systems by catalytic C–H annulation of diarylacetylenes

(2016) Takehisa Maekawa et al.   Chemical Science

Boron-mediated sequential alkyne insertion and C–C coupling reactions affording extended π-conjugated molecules

(2016) Yoshiaki Shoji et al.   Nature Communications

Structurally uniform and atomically precise carbon nanostructures

(2016) Yasutomo Segawa et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Broad Family of Carbon Nanoallotropes: Classification, Chemistry, and Applications of Fullerenes, Carbon Dots, Nanotubes, Graphene, Nanodiamonds, and Combined Superstructures

(2015) Vasilios Georgakilas et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Brønsted Acid-Promoted One-Pot Synthesis of Chrysene Derivatives via Isochromenylium Intermediate Formed in Situ

(2015) Biao Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Aromatic Saddles Containing Two Heptagons

(2015) Kwan Yin Cheung et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis and characterization of hexaarylbenzenes with five or six different substituents enabled by programmed synthesis

(2015) Shin Suzuki et al.   Nature Chemistry

One-shot K-region-selective annulative π-extension for nanographene synthesis and functionalization

(2015) Kyohei Ozaki et al.   Nature Communications

Iridium-Catalyzed Annulative Coupling of 2-Arylbenzoyl Chlorides with Alkynes: Selective Formation of Phenanthrene Derivatives

(2014) Tomoya Nagata et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Synthesis and proton conductivity of sulfonated, multi-phenylated poly(arylene ether)s

(2014) Hsu-Feng Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Substituent Effects on the Gas Sorption and Selectivity Properties of Hexaphenylbenzene and Hexabenzocoronene Based Porous Polymers

(2014) Christina M. Thompson et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Regioselective Asao–Yamamoto Benzannulations of Diaryl Acetylenes

(2014) Hasan Arslan et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Rapid Synthesis of Crowded Aromatic Architectures from Silyl Acetylenes

(2014) Samuel J. Hein et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Comparison of Oxidative Aromatic Coupling and the Scholl Reaction

(2013) Marek Grzybowski et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Deep Red to Near-Infrared Emitting Rhenium(I) Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, Electrochemistry, Photophysics, and Electroluminescence Studies

(2013) Tao Yu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Aggregation-Induced Emission of Tetraphenylethene-Hexaphenylbenzene Adducts: Effects of Twisting Amplitude and Steric Hindrance on Light Emission of Nonplanar Fluorogens

(2013) Rongrong Hu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Synthesis of structurally well-defined and liquid-phase-processable graphene nanoribbons

(2013) Akimitsu Narita et al.   Nature Chemistry

Three-Bond Breaking of Cyclic Anhydrides: Easy Access to Polyfunctionalized Naphthalenes and Phenanthrenes

(2013) Farnaz Jafarpour et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Remarkable Catalytic Property of Nanoporous Gold on Activation of Diborons for Direct Diboration of Alkynes

(2013) Qiang Chen et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

C–H activation route to dibenzo[a,e]pentalenes: annulation of arylacetylenes promoted by PdCl2–AgOTf–o-chloranil

(2013) Takehisa Maekawa et al.   Chemical Science

Conjugated macrocycles of phenanthrene: a new segment of [6,6]-carbon nanotube and solution-processed organic semiconductors

(2013) Zikai He et al.   Chemical Science

A General Method for the Synthesis of 5H-Benzo[b]-, Carbazolo[2,3-b]- and Indolo[2,3-b]carbazole Derivatives via Copper(II) Triflate-Catalyzed Heteroannulation

(2012) K. S. Prakash et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Highly Efficient Benzannulation of Poly(phenylene ethynylene)s

(2012) Hasan Arslan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

From Nanographene and Graphene Nanoribbons to Graphene Sheets: Chemical Synthesis

(2012) Long Chen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Low band gap polycyclic hydrocarbons: from closed-shell near infrared dyes and semiconductors to open-shell radicals

(2012) Zhe Sun et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Structurally Defined Graphene Nanoribbons with High Lateral Extension

(2012) Matthias Georg Schwab et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Toward controlled synthesis of carbon nanotubes and graphenes

(2012) Kenichiro Itami   PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY

Tuning Charge and Spin Excitations in Zigzag Edge Nanographene Ribbons

(2012) Sudipta Dutta et al.   Scientific Reports

Synthesis of Highly Substituted Acenes through Rhodium-Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling of Arylboron Reagents with Alkynes

(2011) Tatsuya Fukutani et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Phenanthrene Synthesis by Iron-Catalyzed [4 + 2] Benzannulation between Alkyne and Biaryl or 2-Alkenylphenyl Grignard Reagent

(2011) Arimasa Matsumoto et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Generation of benzyne from benzoic acid using C–H activation

(2010) Alastair A. Cant et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

ZnCl2-catalyzed [4 + 2] benzannulation of 2-ethynylbenzaldehydes with alkynes: Selective synthesis of naphthalene derivatives

(2010) Xiao-Li Fang et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Palladium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Decarboxylative Coupling of 2-Phenylbenzoic Acids with Alkynes via C−H and C−C Bond Activation

(2010) Congyang Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Graphitic Nanoribbons with Dibenzo[e,l]pyrene Repeat Units: Synthesis and Self-Assembly

(2009) Yulia Fogel et al.   MACROMOLECULES

The influence of edge structure on the electronic properties of graphene quantum dots and nanoribbons

(2009) Kyle A. Ritter et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Synthesis and discotic organization

(2009) Xinliang Feng et al.   PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY