A simple synthesis of C60H18 from C60 fullerene and hydrogen iodide

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-125

  Cataldo, Franco ^a,b   Iglesias Groth, Susana ^c  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Actinium Chemical Research   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

C60H18; Fulleranes; Hydriodic acid; Hydrogen iodide; Hydrogenation; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC SOLVENT; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; FULLERANES; HYDRIODIC ACID; HYDROGEN IODIDE; MOLECULAR FORMULA;

ACIDS; FULLERENES; HYDROGENATION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 77951247547     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15363830903291622     Document Type: Article

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