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Title: Large odd-numbered carbon clusters from fullerene-ozone reactions. (Reannouncement with new availability information). Technical report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:210761

The odd-numbered carbon clusters C119, C129 and C139 have been observed in the mass spectra of toluene extracts of fullerene soots and of the products of ozone-fullerene reactions. Specifically, ozone-C60 reactions yield C119, and ozone-C70 reactions yield C139, and ozone-(C60/C70) reactions produce C119, C129, and C139. These unexpected species correspond to dimers of C60, C60/C70, and C70, respectively, less one carbon atom, and are stable gas-phase ions with behavior similar to that of fullerenes. The results suggest a new route to functionalization and derivatization of fullerenes through controlled ozone-catalyzed cage-opening reactions.

Research Organization:
Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
210761
Report Number(s):
AD-A-268633/5/XAB; TR-2-ONR; TRN: 60640153
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 11 Jun 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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