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15. New article in Nat. Chem. (02/2024)

Check our new collaborated article with HLA group (Oxford University) in Nat. Chem.

Congratulations to Wojtek and Yikun!

The Anti-Aromatic Di-Anion and Aromatic Tetra-Anion of [18]Annulene. W. Stawski, Y. Zhu, I. Rončević, Z. Wei, M. A. Petrukhina, H. L. Anderson. Nat. Chem. 2024in press.

14. New article in Inorg. Chem. (02/2024)

Check our new article in Inorg. Chem.! Congratulations to Aaron's first paper! This work was selected in the special forum: Ligand-Metal Complementarity in Rare Earth and Actinide Chemistry.

Homoleptic Rare-Earth Metal Sandwiches with Dibenzo[a,e]cyclooctatetraene Dianions. Y. Zhu, J. Mahoney, A. J. Babson, Z. Zhou, Z. Wei, M. Gakiya-Teruya, J. McNeely, A. Yu. Rogachev, M. Shatruk, M. A. Petrukhina. Inorg. Chem. 2024, in press.

13. Matthew becomes Dr. Pennachio (12/2023)

Matthew J. Pennachio successfully defended his thesis. Congratulations!

12. Inside front cover in Org. Chem. Front. (12/2023)

Our new article in Org. Chem. Front. was highlighted on the inside front cover. Congratulations to Matthew!

Repercussions of multi-electron uptake by a twistacene: a reduction-induced double dehydrogenative annulation. 

M. Pennachio, Z. Wei, R. G. Clevenger, K. V. Kilway, A. Tsybizova, R. Gershoni-Poranne, M. A. Petrukhina, Org. Chem. Front. 2023, 10,5823-5833.

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11. New article in Chem. Sci. (09/2023)

Check our new collaborated article with HLA group (Oxford University) in Chem. Sci.! This work was selected as 2023 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection.

Congratulations to Wojtek and Yikun!

Crystallographic evidence for global aromaticity in the di-anion and tetra-anion of a cyclophane hydrocarbon.

W. Stawski, Y. Zhu, W. Zheng, M. A. Petrukhina, H. L. Anderson, Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 14109-14114.

10. New article in Angew. Chem. In. Ed. (06/2023)

Check our new article in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.! Congratulations to Herdya's first paper!

Twisted Diindeno-Fused Dibenzo[a,h]anthracene Derivatives and their Dianions. 

Y. Gu, H. S. Torchon, Y. Zhu, Z. Wei, D. Schollmeyer, M. Wagner, Y. Ni, Z. Wu, H. Wu, Y. Zhou, Z. Qiu, M. A. Petrukhina, K. Müllen, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202307750.

9. New article in J. Am. Chem. Soc. (06/2022)

Check our new article in J. Am. Chem. Soc.!

Localized Antiaromaticity Hotspot Drives Reductive Dehydrogenative Cyclizations in Bis- and Mono-Helicenes. 

Z. Zhou, D. T. Egger, C. Hu, M. Pennachio, Z. Wei, R. K. Kawade, Ö. Üngör, R. Gershoni-Poranne, M. A. Petrukhina, I.V. Alabugin, J. Am. Chem. Soc.2022144, 12321–12338.

8. Back cover in Angew. Chem. In. Ed. (12/2021)

Check our new article! Congratulations to Dr. Zhou's 10th paper in Angew. Chem. In. Ed.!

Site-Specific Reduction-Induced Hydrogenation of a Helical Bilayer Nanographene with K and Rb Metals: Electron Multiaddition and Selective Rb+ Complexation. 

Z. Zhou, J. M. Fernández-García, Y. Zhu, P. J. Evans, R. Rodríguez, J. Crassous, Z. Wei, I. Fernández, M. A. Petrukhina, N. Martín, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202115747. Featured as back cover.

7. New article in J. Am. Chem. Soc. (03/2021)

Check our new article in J. Am. Chem. Soc.!

Charging a Negatively Curved Nanographene and Its Covalent Network. 

Y. Zhang, Y. Zhu, D. Lan, S. H. Pun, Z. ZhouZ. Wei, Y. Wang, H. K. Lee, C. Lin, J. Wang, M. A. Petrukhina, Q. Li, Q. Miao. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2021143, 5234-5238.

6. New article in Angew. Chem. In. Ed. (10/2020)

Check our new article in Angew. Chem. In. Ed.!

Reduction of π-Expanded Cyclooctatetraene with Lithium: Stabilization of the Tetraanion through Internal Li+ Coordination

Z. Zhou, Y. Zhu, Z. Wei, J. Bergner, C. Neiß, S. Doloczki, A. Görling, M. Kivala, M. A. Petrukhina, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, accepted.

5. Front cover in Org. Chem. Front. (9/2020)

Our new article in Org. Chem. Front. was highlighted on the front cover. Congratulations to Yikun for her first paper!

Dimerization of Indenocorannulene Radicals: Imposing Stability through Increasing Strain and Curvature

A. Yu. Rogachev, Y. Zhu, Z. Zhou, S. Liu, Z. Wei, M. A. Petrukhina, Org. Chem. Front. 2020, 7, 3591-3598.

4. Inside front cover in Chemi. Sci. (9/2020)

Our new article in Chemi. Sci. was highlighted on the inside front cover!

Structural Deformation and Host–Guest Properties of Doubly-Reduced Cycloparaphenylenes, [n]CPPs2− (n = 6, 8, 10, and 12)

Z. Zhou, Z. Wei, T. A. Schaub, R. Jasti, M. A. Petrukhina, Chem. Sci. 202011, 9305-9401.

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3. Zheng becomes Dr. Zhou (5/2020)

Zheng Zhou successfully defended his thesis. Congratulations!

2. Front cover in Angew. Chem. In. Ed. (8/2019)

Our new article in Angew. Chem. In. Ed. was highlighted on the front cover!

Stepwise Reduction of Azapentabenzocorannulene

Z. Zhou, Z. Wei, Y. Tokimaru, S. Ito, K. Nozaki, M. A. Petrukhina. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 201958, 12107-12111.

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1. The milestone: Chemical reduction of corannulene

Check this out for the beginning of the fascinating journey to the chemical reduction of corannulene:

A Main Group Metal Sandwich: Five Lithium Ions Jammed Between Two Corannulene Tetraanion Decks

A. V. Zabula, A. S. Filatov, S. N. Spisak, A. Yu. Rogachev, M. A. Petrukhina. Science 2011333, 1008-1011.

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