Titelbild: Cyclooctatetraene‐Embedded Carbon Nanorings (Angew. Chem. 22/2024).

This article, published in Angewandte Chemie, discusses the synthesis of cyclooctatetraene-embedded carbon nanorings with segments of gyroid, diamond, and primitive-type carbon schwarzites. The researchers describe the efficient synthesis of these nanorings using a naturally bent dibenzo[a,e]-cyclooctatetraene scaffold, which is believed to be a significant step towards the precise synthesis of carbon schwarzites. Additionally, the article includes information on a novel deracemization method using a bifunctional chiral agent strategy and the in-silico screening of near-infrared-emissive polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. [Extracted from the article]