Diels-Alder reactivity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon bay regions: Implications for metal-free growth of single-chirality carbon nanotubes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 44, 2009, Pages 16006-16007

  Fort, Eric H ^a   Donovan, Patrick M ^a   Scott, Lawrence T ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIANTHRONE; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; CYCLOADDUCTS; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; DIELS-ALDER; DIELS-ALDER CYCLOADDITIONS; DIELS-ALDER REACTION; DIENOPHILES; DIETHYL ACETYLENEDICARBOXYLATE; HYDROCARBON TEMPLATES; METAL CATALYSIS; PERYLENES; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS;

ACETYLENE; ACTIVATION ENERGY; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHIRALITY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENANTIOMERS; LIGHTING; OPTICAL SENSORS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TOLUENE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CYCLOADDITION; DIELS ALDER REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 70450187433     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja907802g     Document Type: Article

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