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ArticleChemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2026

Tuning the Twist by Molecular Design: A New Strategy for Hexabenzocoronene-Containing Helical Twistacene.

Juan P Mora-Fuentes, Daniel Villar-Castro, J Francisco Barbosa-de-Bessa, Daniel Aranda, Frank Hampel, Dolores Pérez, M Eugenia Pérez-Ojeda, Diego Peña, Andreas Hirsch

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Article in Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Juan P Mora-FuentesCentro Singular de Investigación de Química Biológica y Materiales Moleculares (CiQUS) and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad De Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1020-1714
Daniel Villar-CastroCentro Singular de Investigación de Química Biológica y Materiales Moleculares (CiQUS) and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad De Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
J Francisco Barbosa-de-BessaCentro Singular de Investigación de Química Biológica y Materiales Moleculares (CiQUS) and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad De Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Daniel ArandaDepartamento De Química-Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad De Málaga, Teatinos-Universidad, Málaga, Spain.
Frank HampelDepartment of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Institute for Organic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Dolores PérezCentro Singular de Investigación de Química Biológica y Materiales Moleculares (CiQUS) and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad De Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0877-5938
M Eugenia Pérez-OjedaDepartment of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Institute for Organic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7060-0763
Diego PeñaCentro Singular de Investigación de Química Biológica y Materiales Moleculares (CiQUS) and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad De Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3814-589X
Andreas HirschDepartment of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Institute for Organic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1458-8872

Funding

Centro de Investigacion do Sistema Universitario de Galicia ED431G 2023/03Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 182849149Emerging Talents Initiative 2024-2_Nat_05_Mora_FuentesEuropean Research Council Synergy grant MolDAM 951519Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2022-140845OB-C62
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this work, we present an efficient synthetic methodology that allows precise and selective control on the C-C bonds during the Scholl reaction. The first ever described hexabenzocoronene (HBC)-containing helical twistacene NG2 has been obtained with very high yield and practically no need for purification, starting from a helical-twisted hexacene NG1. X-ray analysis reveals an end-to-end twist angle, from approximately 145° in NG1 to 132° in NG2. This approach has provided access to nanographenes (NGs) with improved properties compared to their planar analogues, in particular, enhanced solubility and high stability. In addition, they exhibit interesting redox properties, which, together with their high molar absorbance and optimal energy levels, highlight their potential as new organic semiconductor materials for emerging photovoltaic and electronic technologies.

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bottom‐up approachnanographenesscholl reactionsolubletwistacenes

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PMCPMC13150050

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