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| Carbon nanotubes will lay the groundwork for the next generation of electronics and materials. Therefore, efficient ways of controlling the properties of nanotubes will become increasingly more important. A proposed method for growing conductive armchair nanotubes consists of elongating nanotube templates using Diels-Alder cycloadditions. Subsequent aromatization to benzene rings regenerates an elongated armchair template capable of continued addition. By utilizing this method, the length of the growing nanotube can be controlled. This work explores the potential for elongation by synthesizing a planar polyaromatic hydrocarbon for testing various dieneophiles. With its extended π system, a soluble bisanthene serves as an electronic model for the growing nanotube skeleton.
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Combinatorial, Parallel and Process Chemistry, Heterocycles, Aromatics, New Reactions and Methodology
8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Wednesday, August 22, 2007 BCEC -- Exhibit Hall - B2, Poster
Sci-Mix
Division of Organic Chemistry |
