A new disc-shaped highly symmetric C54H20 nanographene fragment, tetrabenzocircumpyrene, has been synthesized and characterized by scanning tunnelling microscopy, demonstrating the potential of this technique for identifying highly insoluble graphenic molecules.
Tetrabenzocircumpyrene: a nanographene fragment with an embedded peripentacene core
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Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 6932-6935.