Pure Appl. Chem., 2008, Vol. 80, No. 3, pp. 533-546
http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/pac200880030533
Nonplanar aromatic compounds. Part 10: A strategy for the synthesis of aromatic belts-all wrapped up or down the tubes?
Abstract:
A strategy for the synthesis of cyclophenacene-type aromatic belts (or armchair nanotube segments) that relies upon a valence isomerization/dehydrogenation reaction is described, and progress toward achieving this goal is presented.
Keywords
aromatic belts; aromaticity; cyclacenes; cyclophanes; cyclophenacenes; nonplanar aromatics; pyrene; valence isomerization.