Synfacts 2010(2): 0175-0175  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1219088
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Chemical Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Brett VanVeller
E. H. Fort, P. M. Donovan, L. T. Scott*
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, USA
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Publikationsdatum:
21. Januar 2010 (online)

Significance

The authors demonstrate the plausibility of metal-free growth of single-chirality carbon nanotubes. Diels-Alder reactions at the bay positions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons become progressively easier as the length increases.