title: Synthesis of Oligoparaphenylene-Derived Nanohoops Employing an Anthracene Photodimerization-Cycloreversion Strategy.
abstract: The century-old yet synthetically underexplored anthracene photodimerization-cycloreversion reactions have been employed as the key steps to access highly strained aromatic hydrocarbons. Herein we report the chemical syntheses of oligoparaphenylene-derived nanohoops in five steps or less featuring a rigid dianthracene synthon. The newly synthesized nanohoops display intriguing experimental and computational properties.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Ze-Ao
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University , Shanghai 200438, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Di
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Xiang-Bing
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Chen-Ho
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Tung
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Li-Zhu
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Huan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cong