The enantioselective synthesis of an inherently chiral molecular nanographene is demonstrated by precisely controlling the sequential generation of chiral elements in its structure. The final stereocontrolled graphitization step allows for the separate synthesis of both enantiomers, thus paving the way towards chirality controlled all-carbon nanographenes.
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This is a summary of: Buendía, M. et al. Enantioselective synthesis of a two-fold inherently chiral molecular nanographene. Nat. Synth. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-024-00484-x (2024).
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Steering the asymmetric folding of a nanographene. Nat. Synth 3, 436–437 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-024-00485-w
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