A ketone-functionalized aromatic saddle as a potential building block for negatively curved carbon nanobelts

Publication date: Available online 8 April 2019Source: Chinese Chemical LettersAuthor(s): Kwan Yin Cheung, Qian MiaoAbstractA novel ketone-functionalized aromatic saddle consisting of 72 sp2 carbon atoms is successfully synthesized and unambiguously identified with X-ray crystallography. It can, in principle, be used as a building block for synthesis of negatively curved carbon nanobelts and for a bottom-up approach to negatively curved carbon allotropes.Graphical AbstractHerein, we report the synthesis and crystal structure of a novel ketone-functionalized aromatic saddle, which is a potential building block for synthesis of negatively curved carbon nanobelts.
Source: Chinese Chemical Letters - Category: Chemistry Source Type: research