Issue 25, 2021

An unprecedented π-electronic circuit involving an odd number of carbon atoms in a grossly warped non-planar nanographene

Abstract

The formation of π-aromatic circuits along a grossly warped nanographene, C80H30, containing five- and seven-membered rings inserted into a six-membered mesh, reveals global π-circuits at the edge of the backbone. Based on DFT calculations, one of the two most favorable circuits for π-electron delocalization formally has 50 π-electrons abiding by Hückel's rule, whereas the second one formally has 75 π-electrons and, remarkably, it does not follow any of the known rules of aromaticity.

Graphical abstract: An unprecedented π-electronic circuit involving an odd number of carbon atoms in a grossly warped non-planar nanographene

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Feb 2021
Accepted
22 Feb 2021
First published
22 Feb 2021

Chem. Commun., 2021,57, 3087-3090

An unprecedented π-electronic circuit involving an odd number of carbon atoms in a grossly warped non-planar nanographene

S. Escayola, A. Poater, A. Muñoz-Castro and M. Solà, Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 3087 DOI: 10.1039/D1CC00593F

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