Wai Shing Wong

In this forum article, we discuss selected recent contributions to the field of nonplanar aromatic molecules, focusing on properties that arise from molecular curvature. Ten reports are highlighted to demonstrate the diverse applications of curved aromatics in materials science that would not be achieved by their planar congeners.

This review surveys recent progress in the chemistry of polycyclic heteroaromatic molecules with a focus on structural diversity and synthetic methodology. The article covers literature published during the period of 2016–2020, providing an update to our first review of this topic (Chem. Rev. 2017, 117 (4), 3479–3716).