POLYMERIC FULLERENE HYDRIDES - BIRCH REDUCTION OF [60]FULLERENE POLYMERS FROM SOLUTION-BASED PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION AND FREE-RADICAL POLYMERIZATION REACTIONS

Citation
Ge. Lawson et al., POLYMERIC FULLERENE HYDRIDES - BIRCH REDUCTION OF [60]FULLERENE POLYMERS FROM SOLUTION-BASED PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION AND FREE-RADICAL POLYMERIZATION REACTIONS, Research of chemical intermediates, 23(6), 1997, pp. 549-560
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
ISSN journal
09226168
Volume
23
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
549 - 560
Database
ISI
SICI code
0922-6168(1997)23:6<549:PFH-BR>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Fullerene polymers represent a new class of carbon materials for poten tial hydrogen storage applications. Polyl[60]fullerene polymers were o btained by covalently linking [60]fullerene molecules in photochemical reactions. [60]Fullerene polymers were also prepared in free radical reactions of [60]fullerene with radical initiator benzoyl peroxide. Th e polymeric [60]fullerene materials were hydrogenated under Birch redu ction conditions. The hydrides, which contain similar to 3.5% (wt/wt) of hydrogen, were characterized by use of gel permeation chromatograph y, NMR, FT-IR, and elemental analysis. The results are compared with t hose of monomeric [60]fullerene hydrides.