Fulleranes The Hydrogenated Fullerenes /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cataldo, Franco (Editor), Iglesias-Groth, Susana (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Carbon Materials: Chemistry and Physics, 2
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Organic chemistry.; Physical chemistry.; Astrophysics.; Organic Chemistry.; Physical Chemistry.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

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 addi...