2023

Representative Work: Heptagon-embedded Nanographene (up to 6!) via pre-macrocyclization

• 116. Synthesis, Molecular Packing and Semiconductor Properties of V-Shaped N-Heteroacene Dimers
       Xiong, Y.^#; Gong, Q.^#; Miao, Q.*
       Chemistry – An Asian Journal, 2023, 18, e202300623
       • Selected as Very Important Paper
       • An invited paper for the Joint Special Collection of Chemistry – An Asian Journal and The Chemical Record: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of The Chinese University of Hong Kong

• 115. Negatively Curved Molecular Nanocarbons Containing Multiple Heptagons Are Enabled by the Scholl Reactions of Macrocyclic Precursors
       Cheung, K. M.; Xiong, Y.; Pun, S. H.; Zhuo, X.; Gong, Q.; Zeng, X.; Su, S.; Miao, Q.*
       Chem, 2023, 9, 2855–2868
       • Previewed by Chem, Volume 9, Issue 10
       • Highlighted by Synfacts, 2023, 19, 986

• 114. Reactivity, Regioselectivity, and Synthetic Application of 2-Pyrenyl Units in Scholl Reactions
       Pun, S. H.*; Wen, E. C. H.; Xia, Z.; Chen, H.; Fischer, F. R.; Miao, Q.*
       CCS Chemistry, 2023, 5, 2069–2077

• 113. Paradromic Molecules
       Miao, Q.; Casado, J.
       Nature Synthesis, 2023, 2, 808–810
       • An invited article of News & Views towards:
         Synthesis and chiral resolution of a triply twisted Möbius carbon nanobelt. Nat. Synth 2, 880–887 (2023)
         Catalytic stereoselective synthesis of doubly, triply and quadruply twisted aromatic belts. Nat. Synth 2, 888–897 (2023)
• 112. Oxanorbornene-Fused Phenazine–Pyrene Scaffolds with Different Configurations
       Ye, L.; Miao, Q.*
       Chemistry – A European Journal, 2023, 29, e202203693
       • An invited paper for the special collection on aromatic chemistry in collaboration with the 19th International Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds (ISNA-19)

• 111. Merging a Negatively Curved Nanographene and a Carbon Nanoring
       Zhang, Y.; Yang, D.; Pun, S. H.; Chen, H.; Miao, Q.*
       Precision Chemistry, 2023, 1, 107–111
       • An invited paper

• 110. An Oxanorbornene-Fused Nanocage Consisting of Hexaazatrinaphthylene and Pyrene Units
       Ye, L.; Chen, H.; Miao, Q.*
       Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2023, 10, 1003–1008