Date of Award

1-1-2013

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Chemistry

Content Description

1 online resource (xiii, 167 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Marina A Petrukhina

Committee Members

Eric Block, Evgeny V Dikarev, Rabi A Musah, Paul J Toscano

Keywords

alkali metals, anions, buckybowls, corannulene, structural study, Buckminsterfullerene, Alkali metals, Anions

Subject Categories

Chemistry

Abstract

We have focused our work on the structural characterization of multi-charged fullerene fragments, focusing on their aggregation patterns with different alkali metals, as well as geometrical deformations, resulting from charge acquisition and metal binding. We have contributed to this field and recently accomplished the first structural characterization of alkali metal salts of mono-, di-, tri-, and tetrareduced corannulene. This dissertation reveals the binding preferences of Group 1 metals towards the non-planar π-surface of corannulene bearing various negative charges.

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