Nucleophilic substitution of alkylchlorodihydro[60]fullerenes: Thermodynamic stabilities of alkylated C60 cation intermediates

Chemical Communications

Volumn , Issue 24, 2002, Pages 3062-3063

  Kitagawa, Toshikazu ^a   Lee, Yangsoo ^a   Hanamura, Masaaki ^a   Sakamoto, Harumi ^a   Konno, Hirofumi ^a   Takeuchi, Ken'ichi ^a   Komatsu, Koichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON 60; CATION; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; ATOM; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENERGY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOLVATION; SOLVOLYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0036923190     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b210126b     Document Type: Article

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