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Akiko Yagi, Yasutomo Segawa, and Kenichiro Itami
J. Am. Chem. Soc. ASAP. DOI: 10.1021/ja300001g
The first synthesis of a p-extended carbon nanoring, [9]cyclo-1,4-naphthylene ([9]CN), has been achieved. Careful structure-property analyses uncovered a number of unique features of [9]CN that are quite different from those of [9]CPP, a simple carbon nanoring.