Theoretical examination of new forms of carbon formed by intra- or intermolecular dehydrogenation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, particularly helicenes

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 277-296

  Balaban, Alexandru T ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Helical tubulenes; Helicenes; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Tori

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION; CARBON; DEHYDROGENATION; YARN;

6-MEMBERED RINGS; CONVEX POLYHEDRAL; CROSSING LINES; EULER'S FORMULA; HELICAL TUBULENES; HELICENES; NEW FORMS; NON-PLANAR GRAPHS; TORUS; TWO-DIMENSIONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGENATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0042265185     PISSN: 10406638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10406630308054     Document Type: Article

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