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Synfacts 2009(3): 0266-0266  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1087767
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Carbon Nanohoops

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Mindy Levine
R. Jasti, J. Bhattacharjee, J. B. Neaton, C. R. Bertozzi*
University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
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Publication Date:
19 February 2009 (online)

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Significance

The first synthesis of [9]-, [12]-, and [18]cycloparaphenylenes is reported. These novel compounds contain strained aromatic systems with radially oriented p-orbitals. Moreover, these compounds can be viewed as subunits of carbon nanotubes, and therefore represent a ”first step" towards fully synthetic carbon nanotubes.