Picotube tetraanion: A novel lithiated tubular system

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1172-1176

  Treitel, Noach ^b   Deichmann, Markus ^a   Sternfeld, Tamar ^b   Sheradsky, Tuvia ^b   Herges, Rainer ^a   Rabinovitz, Mordecai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carbon; Density functional calculations; Lithium; Nanotubes; Reduction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LITHIUM; POSITIVE IONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REDUCTION;

TOPOMERIZATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

5,24:6,11:12,17:18,23 TETRA[1,2]BENZENOTETRABENZO[A,E,I,M]CYCLOHEXADECENE; ANION; LITHIUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONJUGATION; DENSITY; LITHIATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TUBE;

EID: 0037429911     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200390309     Document Type: Article

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