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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33898-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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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.