Reductive benzylation of dimetallo hexaaryl[70]fullerenes on the equatorial region

Chemistry - An Asian Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 835-840

  Fujita, Takeshi ^a   Matsuo, Yutaka ^a,b   Nakamura, Eiichi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electronic interactions; Fullerenes; Nucleophilic substitution; Reduction; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

BENZYLATION; BENZYLIC; CARBON ATOMS; DIANIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS; ELECTRONIC INTERACTIONS; EQUATORIAL BELTS; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; IONIC SUBSTITUTIONS; METAL CENTERS; NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTIONS; RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES; SPIN DENSITIES; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARGON; COMPLEXATION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; REDUCTION; RUTHENIUM; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

FULLERENES;

COORDINATION COMPOUND; FULLERENE C70; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

COORDINATION COMPLEXES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; FULLERENES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RUTHENIUM;

EID: 77950833120     PISSN: 18614728     EISSN: 1861471X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asia.200900651     Document Type: Article

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