RT Conference Proceedings T1 Catalytic Arene-Norbornene Annulation (CANAL): An Empowering Chemistry to Hydrocarbon Ladder Materials. A1 Xia, Yan K1 Ciencia de los materiales K1 Reactividad (Química) K1 Radicales (Química) AB We have developed a modular, efficient catalytic arene-norbornene annulation (CANAL) chemistry to construct hydrocarbon ladder molecules containing four-membered rings using bromoarenes and (oxa)norbornenes as building blocks. CANAL chemistry enabled a new family of rigid yet soluble hydrocarbon ladder polymers consisting of geometrically variable backbone contortion. These ladder polymers exhibit remarkably high thermal stability and surface area, and have been explored as membrane materials for chemical separations. Tuning the hydrocarbon backbone structures resulted in unprecedented combination of high permeability and high selectivity for many industrially important gas separations. CANAL chemistry also enabled the access to a range PCHs with fused cyclobutadienoids (CBDs) of variable degree of antiaromaticity. The influence of CBDs on the local antiaromaticity and aromaticity, bonding structures, and redox properties has been studied both experimentally and computationally. These new CBD-containing PCHs also show distinct reactivity from the classic [N]phenylenes and can be used to synthesize various curved carbon structures with defined topologies. YR 2024 FD 2024 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31462 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31462 LA eng NO Conferencia científica en ciencia de materiales. NO Departamento de Química Física Vicerrectorado de InvestigaciónPrograma de Doctorado DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 20 ene 2026