Cataldo F. (Ed.) Polyynes: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2006, 501 pages, ISBN: 157444512XPolyynes: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications compiles information found scattered throughout the literature in inorganic, organic, and polymer chemistry into one cohesive volume. In addition to being a precursor of fullerenes, polyynes are one of the key precursors in the formation of soot and carbon dust, or elemental carbon in the galaxy, and their properties can be linked to interstellar band phenomena and other astrophysical behavior.More than 1,000 organic molecules produced by plants, fungi, and other microorganisms are also classified as polyynes, playing a biological role in nature that may be used in the treatment of diseases as antibiotics, anticancer, or anti-infective agents. Polyynes: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications covers breakthrough discoveries, particularly the simplified synthesis of polyynes in solution stabilized by using appropriate end groups and carbon films achieved using chemical, electrochemical, and other sophisticated techniques.The book explains in great detail the conditions, apparatus, and experimental procedures to synthesize polyynes with consistent and reproducible results. By presenting new and unpublished results along with recent discoveries and theories, Polyynes: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications reflects the thriving research status of polyynes in various disciplines as well as new ideas and guidelines for future research, discoveries, and applications of these molecules.Editor Contributors
Carbon Chain Molecules in Cryogenic Matrices
Synthesis and Characterization of Carbynoid Structures in Cluster-Assembled Carbon Films
Epitaxial Growth
Sputtering of Carbyne (Chaoite) Microcrystals on CVD-Deposited Polycrystalline Diamond
Electrochemical Synthesis of Carbyne-Like Materials and Other Nanocarbons
Synthesis of Carbynoid Structures by the Combustion Flame Method
Cyclic Polyynes: Generation, Characterization, and Reactions
Formation of C_2nH₂ Polyynes by Laser Ablation of Graphite, Coal or C60 Particles Suspended in Selected Solvents
Polyynes: Synthesis with the Submerged Electric Arc
Polyynes (C_2nH₂, n= 2-5) and Other Products from Laser-Ablated Graphite: A Time-of-Flight Mass Spectroscopic Study in Combination with One-Photon Ionization
Polyyne-Type Materials
Carbon Material with a Highly Ordered Linear-Chain Structure
Synthesis of Carbynoid Materials by Chemical Dehydrohalogenation of Halogen-Containing Polymers
Ion Irradiation of Solid Carbons
Cyanoalkynes and Cyanopolyynes: From Crossed Beam Experiments to Astrochemistry;
Synthesis of Monocyanopolyynes and Dicyanopolyynes with the Submerged Electric Arc
Natural Carbynes, Including Chaoite, on Earth, in Meteorites, Comets, Circumstellar and Interstellar Dust
Structures and Other Properties of Polyynes and their Isomers: Theoretical and Experimental Results
Polyynes: Possible Bulk Synthesis and Chemical Properties
From Natural to Rationally Designed Artificial Enediynes: Towards New Anticancer Antibiotics Activable at Will
Polyynes: Simple Synthesis in Solution Through the Glaser Reaction
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