Gas-phase Diels-Alder cycloaddition of benzyne to an aromatic hydrocarbon bay region: Groundwork for the selective solvent-free growth of armchair carbon nanotubes

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 52, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2051-2053

  Fort, Eric H ^a,b   Scott, Lawrence T ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Armchair nanotubes; Cyclodehydrogenation; Directed synthesis; Flow system; Perylene; Pyrolysis; Rearomatization; Single walled nanotubes

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE; HYDROGEN; PERYLENE; PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE;

ARTICLE; BAY REGION BINDING SITE; CYCLOADDITION; DEHYDROGENATION; DIELS ALDER REACTION; PYROLYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ALNUS;

EID: 79953221099     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.10.033     Document Type: Article

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