Bowl-to-bowl inversion of sumanene derivatives.
The bowl-to-bowl inversion of the non-planar bowl-shaped compounds derived from sumanene as a fullerene C3v fragment was found to be slow and tuned by a solvent, and the benzylic mono- and di-anions inverted even more slowly.
Amaya
Toru
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Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Sakane
Hiroyuki
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Muneishi
Toshiko
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Hirao
Toshikazu
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