Unexpectedly large binding constants of azulenes with fullerenes.
In spite of having small pi-conjugation systems, azulenes show large binding constants (10(4)-10(5)) to C(60) and C(70), which are larger than those of monoporphyrins and alternant aromatic hydrocarbons.
Rahman
A F M Mustafizur
AF
Department of Chemistry, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta, Otsu 520-2192, Japan.
Bhattacharya
Sumanta
S
Peng
Xiaobin
X
Kimura
Takahide
T
Komatsu
Naoki
N
D052176:Azulenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*
D052176:Azulenes; D037741:Fullerenes; C005525:azulene