Dominik Lungerich

Dr. Kun Xu, Yubin Fu, Youjia Zhou, Felix Hennersdorf, Dr. Peter Machata, Ilka Vincon, Prof. Dr. Jan J. Weigand, Dr. Alexey A. Popov, Dr. Reinhard Berger and Prof. Dr. Xinliang Feng

Nitrogen plus: A new bottom-up synthetic method allows the generation of cationic nitrogen-doped nanographenes with nonplanar helical structures. The new nanographenes have interesting properties and have potential use as optical and electronic materials.

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Abstract

Straight to eight: A novel method is presented that enables the synthesis of octaarylnaphthalenes (OANs) and octaarylanthracenes (OAAs) with eight different aryl substituents through [4+2] cycloaddition of tetraarylthiophene S-oxides with multiply arylated arynes.

[Communication]
Shin Suzuki, Kenichiro Itami, Junichiro Yamaguchi
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., October 19, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201709332 Read article

Decathletes: Combined efforts of organic synthesis and on-surface chemistry have led to the preparation of decacene for the first time. An iterative sequence of aryne cycloadditions was used to synthesize stable tetraepoxy precursors which were reduced on Au(111) to obtain unprecedented decacene as visualized by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM).

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Justus Krüger, Fátima García, Frank Eisenhut, Dmitry Skidin, José M. Alonso, Enrique Guitián, Dolores Pérez, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Francesca Moresco, Diego Peña
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., August 17, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201706156 Read article

Synthesis and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Nature Chemistry, Published online: 22 September 2017; doi:10.1038/nchem.2864

The question often arises as to who may have deserved a Nobel Prize but was not awarded one. Rarely is this discussion extended to who should have received more than one Nobel Prize, but in the field of organic synthesis there are some compelling candidates.