Arene Origami

 “Chemical Tuning of Exciton versus Charge-Transfer Excited States in Conformationally Restricted Arylene Cages,” Lewis, T. N.; Tonnelé, C.; Shuler, W. G.; Kasun, Z. A.; Sato, H.; Berges, A. J.; Rodriguez, J. B.; Krische, M. J.; Casanova, D.; Bardeen, C. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 18548.

“Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Soluble N-Doped Rubicenes via Ruthenium-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenative Benzannulation,” Shuler, W. G.; Parvathaneni, S. P.; Rodriguez, J. B.; Lewis, T. N.; Berges, A. J.; Bardeen, C. J.; Krische, M. J. Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 4898.

“Benzannulation via Ruthenium(0)-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenative Cycloaddition: Precision Synthesis and Photophysical Characterization of Soluble Diindenoperylenes,” Suravarapu, S. R.; Parvathaneni, S. P. Bender, J. A.; Roberts, S. T.; Krische, M. J. Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 7504.

"Triple Helical Ir(ppy)3 Phenylene Cage Prepared via Diol-Mediated Benzannulation: Synthesis, Resolution, Absolute Stereochemistry and Photophysical Properties," Sato, H.; Blemker, M. A.; Hellinghausen, G.; Armstrong, D. W.; Nafie, J. W.; Roberts, S. T.; Krische, M. J. Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 1.

"Alternating oligo(o,p-Phenylenes) via Ruthenium Catalyzed Diol-Diene Benzannulation: Orthogonality to Cross-Coupling Enables De Novo Nanographene and PAH Construction," Kasun, Z. A.; Sato, H.; Nie, J.; Mori, Y.; Bender, J. A.; Roberts, S. T.; Krische, M. J. Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 7866.

"Helical Rod-Like Phenylene Cages via Ruthenium Catalyzed Diol-Diene Benzannulation: A Cord of Three Strands," Sato, H.; Bender, J. A.; Roberts, S. T.; Krische, M. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 2455.

"Benzannulation via Ruthenium Catalyzed Diol-Diene [4+2] Cycloaddition: One- and Two-Directional Syntheses of Fluoranthenes and Acenes," Geary, L. M.; Chen, T.-Y.; Montgomery, T. P.; Krische, M. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 5920.