Nitrogen-Doped 5–7–7 Ring-Fused Hexa- <i>peri</i> -hexabenzocoronene: A Saddle-Planar Hybrid Nanographene for Fullerene Recognition
Despite recent progress in single-ring defect engineering, the fusion of a 5–7–7 ring system to a single HBC core remains unexplored. Herein, we report a π-extended HBC derivative 5a that incorporates a nitrogen-doped 5–7–7 ring fused to the HBC core. 5a adopts a saddle-planar hybrid geometry, exhibits good solubility even in n-hexane, shows enhanced photoluminescence, and forms a 1:1 complex with C60 in solution.
Authors
- Fengyi Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6360-6144)
- Yujie Ren
- Gang Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4674-7252)
- Weifan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8374-6283)
Institutions
- Nanjing Forestry University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Center for Plant Conservation (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Organic Letters
- Published
- 2026-05-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.6c01842
- Primary Topic
- Fullerene Chemistry and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province
- Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education