J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c07562. To maintain consistent properties of delaminated two-dimensional nanosheets, mild methods to preserve large lateral sizes and crystallinity during the delamination of bulk crystals are desired. This study introduces a gentle, solution-based on-substrate delamination strategy that avoids forming colloidal free-standing nanosheets by postponing the delamination process until the materials are deposited on the substrate, ther

Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2026, 29, e70669. Triazine-centered C3-symmetric azobenzene trimers were synthesized using complementary azo-forming strategies, providing a versatile platform for multiresponsive molecular photoswitches. Relative to the isoelectronic benzonitrile monomer, incorporation of the triazine core induces an intrinsic bathochromic shift of the azobenzene absorption bands. The thiomethoxy-substituted derivative exhibits negative photochromism, enabling efficient t

Chem. Eur. J. 2026, 32, e70979. Benzoporphyrins, π extended porphyrin analogues, exhibit remarkable potential for optoelectronic and theragnostic applications, yet have remained largely confined to fundamental studies owing to the challenging synthesis of masked isoindole precursors. Here, we report a concise, scalable three-step synthesis of 4,7-dihydro-4,7-ethano-2H-isoindole, a key building block of the benzoporphyrin framework. Subsequent functionalization affords the co