Final Technical Report [Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons with curved surfaces: Models and precursors for fullerenes]

Technical Report · Thu Feb 22 23:00:00 EST 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/810270· OSTI ID:810270

Radideau, Peter W ^[1]

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1. Office of Sponsored Programs, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (US)

Highlights of selected achievements are briefly outlined. The bowl-to-bowl inversion barrier was measured for a hydrocarbon on the C{sub 60} surface larger than corannulene; {Delta}G was determined to be 27.8 kcal/mol. A new route to the preparation of tetraketone involving benzeneseleninic anhydride was developed that represents a significant improvement in the overall process making semibuckminsterfullerene more accessible. The first crystallographically characterized transition metal buckybowl compound was reported.

• Research Organization: Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Baton Rouge, LA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: Division of Chemical Sciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-96ER14602
• OSTI ID: 810270
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
ANHYDRIDES
AROMATICS
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
FREE ENTHALPY
FULLERENES
HYDROCARBONS
PROGRESS REPORT
SYNTHESIS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS