Kosuke Watanabe, Yasutomo Segawa,* and Kenichiro Itami*
Chem. Commun. 2020, 10.1039/D0CC06373H

In this study, the theoretical analysis of the strain energy of helicene-containing carbon nanobelt is reported. It was found that the combined method of linear regression analysis and suitable homodesmotic reactions can successfully estimate the strain energies of various helicene-containing carbon nanobelts including previously synthesized chiral (18,12) carbon nanobelts.

Segawa Lab Web Site: https://segawa.ims.ac.jp/2020/11/11/helicene/