Molecular assembly with a figure-of-eight nanohoop as a strategy for the collection and stabilization of cyclo[18]carbon
Zeyu Liu, Xia Wang, Tian Lu, Jiaojiao Wang, Xiufen Yan, Yang Wu, Jingbo Xu
Abstract
The recently synthesized novel figure-of-eight nanohoop with two strained oligoparaphenylenes (OPPs) was theoretically designed to collect and stabilize new allotropic carbon cyclo[18]carbon (C 18 ) through molecular assembly.
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