A Negatively Curved Nanographene with Four Embedded Heptagons

J Am Chem Soc. 2024 Oct 9;146(40):27324-27334. doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c09185. Epub 2024 Sep 27.

Abstract

Negatively curved nanographenes are considered as cutouts of three-dimensional fully sp2-hybridized carbon allotropes such as Schwarzites. Here we present the synthesis of a C76 cut-out of the Schwarzite 8-4-1-p proposed by Lenosky et al. and investigate its optical as well as electrochemical properties. Furthermore, supramolecular interactions with fullerenes C60 and C70 were studied.