FULLERENE FORMATION VIA LASER-INDUCED OLIGOMERIZATION OF 1,6-DIBROMO-DODECAHEDRANE (C20H18BR2)

Authors
CAMPBELL EEB TELLGMANN R WAHL F PRINZBACH H
Citation
Eeb. Campbell et al., FULLERENE FORMATION VIA LASER-INDUCED OLIGOMERIZATION OF 1,6-DIBROMO-DODECAHEDRANE (C20H18BR2), International journal of mass spectrometry and ion processes, 136(2-3), 1994, pp. 209-214
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy,"Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
International journal of mass spectrometry and ion processes → ACNP
ISSN journal
01681176
Volume
136
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
209 - 214
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-1176(1994)136:2-3<209:FFVLOO>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry of substituted dodec ahedranes has shown strong evidence, in the case of C20H18Br2, for the occurrence of an oligomerisation reaction to produce chains of up to five linked dodecahedrane molecules. Under laser desorption conditions these oligomers can rearrange, eliminating all hydrogen atoms to prod uce fullerenes.