Nature Communications (Oct 2022)
Selective activation of four quasi-equivalent C–H bonds yields N-doped graphene nanoribbons with partial corannulene motifs
- Yixuan Gao,
- Li Huang,
- Yun Cao,
- Marcus Richter,
- Jing Qi,
- Qi Zheng,
- Huan Yang,
- Ji Ma,
- Xiao Chang,
- Xiaoshuai Fu,
- Carlos-Andres Palma,
- Hongliang Lu,
- Yu-Yang Zhang,
- Zhihai Cheng,
- Xiao Lin,
- Min Ouyang,
- Xinliang Feng,
- Shixuan Du,
- Hong-Jun Gao
Affiliations
- Yixuan Gao
- Institute of Physics & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Li Huang
- Institute of Physics & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yun Cao
- Institute of Physics & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Marcus Richter
- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) & Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden
- Jing Qi
- Institute of Physics & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Qi Zheng
- Institute of Physics & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Huan Yang
- Institute of Physics & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Ji Ma
- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) & Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden
- Xiao Chang
- Institute of Physics & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Xiaoshuai Fu
- Institute of Physics & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Carlos-Andres Palma
- Institute of Physics & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hongliang Lu
- Institute of Physics & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yu-Yang Zhang
- Institute of Physics & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Zhihai Cheng
- Department of Physics and Beijing Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Functional Materials & Micro-nano Devices, Renmin University of China
- Xiao Lin
- Institute of Physics & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Min Ouyang
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland
- Xinliang Feng
- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) & Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden
- Shixuan Du
- Institute of Physics & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hong-Jun Gao
- Institute of Physics & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33898-2
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Selective activation of C–H bonds is a key challenge in organic reactions. Here, the authors achieve the selective activation of four quasi-equivalent C–H bonds, leading to the formation of N-doped graphene nanoribbons with partial corannulene motifs.