Reduction of bowl-shaped hydrocarbons: Dianions and tetraanions of annelated corannulenes

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 290-298

  Aprahamian, Ivan ^a   Preda, Dorin V ^b   Bancu, Mihail ^b   Belanger, Anthony P ^b   Sheradsky, Tuvia ^a   Scott, Lawrence T ^b   Rabinovitz, Mordecai ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; DIMERS; LITHIUM; NEGATIVE IONS; STABILIZATION;

ANNELATION; CORANNULENE; TETRAANION;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

ALKALI METAL; ANION; ANNULENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CATION; COORDINATION COMPOUND; CORANNULENE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTA[BC]CORANNULENE; CYCLOPENTACORANNULENE; DIMER; HYDROCARBON; LITHIUM; POTASSIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANNELATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DIMERIZATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; REDUCTION; SURFACE CHARGE;

EID: 31144469451     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo051949c     Document Type: Article

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