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Title: Carbon nanohoops and methods of making

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1223706

The present invention provides cycloparaphenylene compounds, their macrocyclic precursors, and methods for making the compounds. The cycloparaphenylene compounds can be used to prepare armchair carbon nanotubes.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
Assignee:
The Regents of The University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Number(s):
9,162,939
Application Number:
14/621,340
OSTI ID:
1223706
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2015 Feb 12
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Synthesis, Characterization, and Theory of [9]-, [12]-, and [18]Cycloparaphenylene: Carbon Nanohoop Structures journal December 2008
The Interplay of Angle Strain and Aromaticity: Molecular and Electronic Structures of [0 n ]Paracyclophanes journal February 2000
Selective Synthesis of [12]Cycloparaphenylene journal August 2009

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