Synfacts 2024; 20(08): 0805
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1775221
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products

Enantioselective Synthesis of Molecular Nanographene

Contributor(s):
Dahui Zhao
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Zepeng Lu
Buendía M, Fernández-García JM, Perles J, Filippone S, *, Martín N. * Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Enantioselective Synthesis of a Two-Fold Inherently Chiral Molecular Nanographene.

Nat. Synth. 2024;
3: 545-553
DOI: 10.1038/s44160-024-00484-x.
 

Significance

Enantioselective syntheses of a pair of all-carbon nanographene molecules, featuring central, axial, and helical, three types of chiral elements, are achieved.


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Comment

The key step is the enantioselective double substitution of two OH groups at the chiral benzylic carbons by the aromatic nucleophiles. The resultant asymmetric stereo-configuration biases the helical chirality subsequently appearing in the Scholl reaction.


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Publication History

Article published online:
25 July 2024

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