Carbon nanotubes from short hydrocarbon templates. Energy analysis of the Diels–Alder cycloaddition/rearomatization growth strategy
Molecular orbital calculations at the AM1 and B3LYP/6-31G* levels of theory have been used to analyze the Diels-Alder cycloaddition/rearomatization strategy for growing uniform diameter, single-chirality carbon nanotubes from short hydrocarbon templates (aromatic belts and hemispherical end-caps) by...
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Published in | Journal of materials chemistry Vol. 21; no. 5; pp. 1373 - 1381 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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01.01.2011
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Summary: | Molecular orbital calculations at the AM1 and B3LYP/6-31G* levels of theory have been used to analyze the Diels-Alder cycloaddition/rearomatization strategy for growing uniform diameter, single-chirality carbon nanotubes from short hydrocarbon templates (aromatic belts and hemispherical end-caps) by metal-free chemical methods. Bay regions on the rim of a [10,10]nanotube end-cap (15) are predicted to exhibit Diels-Alder reactivity comparable to that of bay regions in planar polyarenes that have previously been transformed into new benzene rings by reactions with "masked acetylene" dienophiles. The Diels-Alder reactivity of nanotube template rims was found to be relatively unaffected by the presence or absence of a cap on the other end. |
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ISSN: | 0959-9428 1364-5501 |
DOI: | 10.1039/C0JM02517H |