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Strategies in Organic Synthesis for Condensed Arenes, Coronene, and Graphene

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Polyarenes I

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Abstract

Graphene-type structures are without doubt one of the most exciting carbon-based materials known. Although graphene is mostly prepared by physical methods (CVD, exfoliation), organic synthesis represents a powerful alternative to access graphene-type structures in a selective and reproducible manner. Although graphene has been hyped as a “new” material, the resemblence to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) offers a long history in organic chemistry on which all new endeavors are built. In this review we demonstrate the state-of-the-art of organic synthetic strategies for the preparation of graphene-type structures on selected examples.

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AFS is grateful for financial support by the COST action MP0901 “Designing novel materials for nanodevices: from theory to practice” and the Schweizer Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung. The authors thank Thomas Eaton, University of Basel, for proofreading the manuscript.

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Tran-Van, AF., Wegner, H.A. (2013). Strategies in Organic Synthesis for Condensed Arenes, Coronene, and Graphene. In: Siegel, J., Wu, YT. (eds) Polyarenes I. Topics in Current Chemistry, vol 349. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/128_2013_465

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