Molecular Design Using Trigonal Planar'Phenine'towardFunctional Nanocarbon Molecules

摘要

Recent years have witnessed an ever-growing interest in the bottom-up synthesis ofnanocarbon molecules because it brings an in-depth understanding of the unique propertiesof nanocarbons.However,the rational design and synthesis of nanocarbon molecules havestill posed a significant challenge to chemists.To address the challenge,we introduced aconcept to use 1,3,5-trisubstituted benzene rings (phenine) as super-sized analogs ofsp2-hybridized carbon atoms for the design of nanocarbon molecules.