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- Title
Isolation and structure of higher diamondoids, nanometer-sized diamond molecules.
- Authors
Dahl, J E; Liu, S G; Carlson, R M K
- Abstract
We exploited the exceptional thermal stability and diverse molecular shapes of higher diamondoids (C22 and higher polymantanes) to isolate them from petroleum. Molecules containing 4 to 11 diamond-crystal cages were isolated and crystallized, and we obtained single-crystal x-ray structures for representatives from three families. Rigidity, strength, remarkable assortments of three- dimensional shapes, including resolvable chiral forms, and multiple, readily derivatizable attachment sites make them valuable nanometer-size molecular building blocks.
- Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 2003, Vol 299, Issue 5603, p96
- ISSN
1095-9203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1126/science.1078239