Preparation of enantiomerically pure C76 with a general electrochemical method for the removal of Di(alkoxycarbonyl)methano bridges from methanofullerenes: The retro-bingel reaction

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 37, Issue 13-14, 1998, Pages 1919-1922

  Kessinger, Roland ^b   Crassous, Jeanne ^b   Herrmann, Andreas ^b   Rüttimann, Markus ^b   Echegoyen, Luis ^a   Diederich, François ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chiral resolution; Cyclic voltammetry; Electrochemistry; Fullerenes; Retro Bingel reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032479761     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980803)37:13/14<1919::AID-ANIE1919>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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