Unlike coronene, which are flat and planar, corannulene has a bowl-like stereo structure. It can be imagined as the cap region of fullerene C60 or an end of a single-walled carbon nanotube. Coranulene has many unique properties because of its bowl-like structure. The synthesis of corannulene and derivatization of bromine-containing corannulenes are briefly introduced. In recent years, the derivatives of mono-functional groups and multi-functional groups synthesized from monobromocorannulene and tetrabromocorannulene are reviewed, which serve as precursors for numerous classes of materials and energy, such as graphitic tubes/caps, liquid crystals, dendrimers, polymers.