Cycloparaphenylenes, or nanohoops, are the smallest possible fragment of an armchair CNT and, due to their cylindrical shape, possess a wide range of unique electronic and solid-state properties that contrast those typically observed in their linear counterparts. By embedding metal coordination sites into the nanohoop framework, we are now able to leverage metal-organic self-assembly—a strategy that has provided access to a range of large, self-assembled, topologically complex molecules—to prepare unprecedented nanostructures. The synthesis of these ligands, their coordination chemistry with a range of metal centers, and our recent progress towards unique architectures will be presented.

Nanohoop ligands: New cylindrical molecular building blocks for metal-organic self-assembly

255th National Meeting (2018)

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