Qigang Zhong
,
Yunbin Hu
,
Kaifeng Niu
,
Haiming Zhang
,
Biao Yang
,
Daniel Ebeling
,
Jalmar Tschakert
,
Tao Cheng
,
André Schirmeisen
,
Akimitsu Narita
,
Klaus Müllen
,
Lifeng Chi
… Controlling the regioselectivity of C-H activation in unimolecular reactions is of great significance for the rational synthesis of functional graphene nanostructures, which are called nanographenes. … Here, we demonstrate that the adsorption of tetranaphthyl-p-terphenyl precursors on metal surfaces can completely change the cyclodehydrogenation route and lead to obtaining planar benzo-fused perihexacenes rather than double [7]helicenes during solution synthesis. …
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