Highly Efficient Fluorine??Promoted Intramolecular Condensation of Benzo [c] phenanthrene: A New Prospective on Direct Fullerene Synthesis

KY Amsharov, MA Kabdulov…

Index: Amsharov, Konstantin Yu.; Kabdulov, Mikhail A.; Jansen, Martin European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2009 , # 36 p. 6328 - 6335

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Abstract

Abstract Various functional groups have been tested as alternative promoters of the intramolecular condensation of benzo [c] phenanthrene under flash vacuum pyrolysis conditions. Methyl and fluorine functionalization were found to be promising approaches. Unexpectedly high selectivity was observed in the cyclization of fluorinated benzo [c] phenanthrenes. The mechanism for the condensation reaction and the advantages of ...