- Unexpectedly large binding constants of azulenes with fullerenes.
Unexpectedly large binding constants of azulenes with fullerenes.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2008-03-01)
A F M Mustafizur Rahman, Sumanta Bhattacharya, Xiaobin Peng, Takahide Kimura, Naoki Komatsu
PMID18309415
ABSTRACT
In spite of having small pi-conjugation systems, azulenes show large binding constants (10(4)-10(5)) to C(60) and C(70), which are larger than those of monoporphyrins and alternant aromatic hydrocarbons.
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