title: Bowl-to-bowl inversion of sumanene derivatives.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Amaya
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakane
authors.forename: Toshiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Muneishi
authors.forename: Toshikazu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirao