Fulleranes The Hydrogenated Fullerenes [Paperback]

Fulleranes are a special class of carbon molecules derived from fullerenes whose double bonds are partially or at least theoretically fully saturated by hydrogen. The hydrogenation changes the chemical properties of fullerenes which can become susceptible to substitution reactions as opposed to addition reactions to the double bonds (present in common fullerenes). One of the most intriguing aspects of fulleranes is the fact that they have been thought to exist in the interstellar medium or even in certain circumstellar media.

Fulleranes: The Hydrogenated Fullerenes presents the state of the art research, synthesis and properties of these molecules.This book also includes astrophysicists' and astrochemists' expectations regarding the presence of these molecules in space.

Fulleranes are a special class of carbon molecules derived from fullerenes whose double bonds are partially or at least theoretically fully saturated by hydrogen. The hydrogenation changes the chemical properties of fullerenes which can become susceptible to substitution reactions as opposed to addition reactions to the double bonds (present in common fullerenes). One of the most intriguing aspects of fulleranes is the fact that they have been thought to exist in the interstellar medium or even in certain circumstellar media.

Fulleranes: The Hydrogenated Fullerenes presents the state of the art research, synthesis and properties of these molecules.This book also includes astrophysicists' and astrochemists' expectations regarding the presence of these molecules in space.

1. Fulleranes and Carbon Nanostructures in the Interstellar Medium (Susana Iglesias Groth, Franco Cataldo).- 2. Infrared and Ultraviolet Spectra of Fulleranes: Hreels Studies and Implications for the Interstellar Medium (Carlo Carraro, Roya Maboudian, Conrad Stoldt).- 3. The Potential Role Played by Fullerene-Like Structures of Interstellar Carbon Dust in thl³9