A synthesis of sumanene, a fullerene fragment

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5641, 2003, Pages 1878-

  Sakurai, Hidehiro ^a   Daiko, Taro ^a   Hirao, Toshikazu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FULLERENE; SUMANENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FULLERENE;

AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; ENERGY; ISOMERISM; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0141868954     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1088290     Document Type: Article

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14. The use of the facilities of the Analytical Center, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, is acknowledged. Partially supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas (No. 13128206) from the Ministry of Education, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan. H.S. thanks Kinki Invention Center for financial support.