Fragments of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes (eBook)

Marina A. Petrukhina received her PhD from Moscow State University in 1988 and is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Albany. She has published over 120 research papers in scientific journals. In 2006, she received the NSF Career Award, a five-year grant to explore the reactivity and coordination limits of open geodesic polyaromatic hydrocarbons (buckybowls). Lawrence T. Scott received his PhD from Harvard University in 1970 and is a Professor at Boston College, where he occupies the Louise and Jim Vanderslice and Family Chair in Chemistry. He has published more than 200 research papers in scientific journals and currently serves on the editorial advisory boards for Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds and The Journal of Organic Chemistry. In 2011, he received the George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon Chemistry from the American Chemical Society.

PREFACE vii

FOREWORD xi

CONTRIBUTORS xiii

ACRONYMS xvii

1 MOLECULAR CLIPS AND TWEEZERS WITH CORANNULENE PINCERS 1

Andrzej Sygula and Willard E. Collier

2 SYNTHESIS OF BOWL-SHAPED AND BASKET-SHAPED FULLERENE FRAGMENTS
VIA BENZANNULATED ENYNE---ALLENES 41

Kung K. Wang, Hu Cui, and Bo Wen

3 ANIONS OF BUCKYBOWLS 63

David Eisenberg, Roy Shenhar, and Mordecai Rabinovitz

4 CURVED p-CONJUGATED STABLE OPEN-SHELL SYSTEMS POSSESSING
THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOLECULAR/ELECTRONIC SPIN STRUCTURES 95

Yasushi Morita and Akira Ueda

5 EXPERIMENTAL AND CALCULATED PROPERTIES OF FULLERENE AND
NANOTUBE FRAGMENTS 135

Derek R. Jones, Praveen Bachawala, and James Mack

6 COORDINATION PREFERENCES OF BOWL-SHAPED POLYAROMATIC
HYDROCARBONS 157

Alexander S. Filatov and Marina A. Petrukhina

7 SUMANENES: SYNTHESIS AND COMPLEXATION 187

Toshikazu Hirao and Toru Amaya

8 r-BONDED TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC
CARBON COMPOUNDS 205

Paul R. Sharp

9 HEMISPHERICAL GEODESIC POLYARENES: ATTRACTIVE TEMPLATES FOR
THE CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF UNIFORM-DIAMETER ARMCHAIR NANOTUBES
235

Anthony P. Belanger, Katharine A. Mirica, James Mack, and
Lawrence T. Scott

10 AROMATIC BELTS AS SECTIONS OF NANOTUBES 259

Gaston R. Schaller and Rainer Herges

11 CYCLOPARAPHENYLENES: THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE SEGMENTS OF
ARMCHAIR CARBON NANOTUBES 291

Xia Tian and Ramesh Jasti

12 CONJUGATED MOLECULAR BELTS BASED ON 3D BENZANNULENE SYSTEMS
311

Masahiko Iyoda, Yoshiyuki Kuwatani, Tohru Nishinaga, Masayoshi
Takase, and Tomohiko Nishiuchi

13 TOWARD FULLY UNSATURATED DOUBLE-STRANDED CYCLES 343

Malte Standera and A. Dieter SchlEURuter

14 BENT PYRENES: SPRINGBOARDS TO AROMATIC BELTS? 367

Graham J. Bodwell, Gandikota Venkataramana, and Unikela Kiran
Sagar

INDEX 401

"Despite the many exciting papers published since this
book became available in 2012, this monograph will be a valuable
addition to any library, an enjoyable page turner for aficionados
of hydrocarbon chemistry, and a treasure trove for advanced
students of organic chemistry." (Chemistry
International, 1 May 2013)