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Title: Carbon nanohoops and methods of making

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1084245

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:
Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Number(s):
8,461,403
Application Number:
12/955,211
OSTI ID:
1084245
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Selective Synthesis of [12]Cycloparaphenylene journal August 2009
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

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