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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144299203321

Autore

Hirsch Andreas, Dr. rer. nat.

Titolo

Fullerenes [[electronic resource] ] : chemistry and reactions / / Andreas Hirsch, Michael Brettreich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Weinheim ; ; [Great Britain], : Wiley-VCH, c2005

ISBN

1-280-52082-5

9786610520824

3-527-60349-2

1-61583-457-5

3-527-60594-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (445 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrettreichMichael

Disciplina

546.681

Soggetti

Fullerenes

Carbon - Metabolism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Fullerenes; Foreword; Preface; Preface of "The Chemistry of the Fullerenes" by Andreas Hirsch (1994); Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Parent Fullerenes; 1.1 Fullerenes: Molecular Allotropes of Carbon; 1.2 Discovery of the Fullerenes; 1.3 Fullerene Production; 1.3.1 Fullerene Generation by Vaporization of Graphite; 1.3.1.1 Resistive Heating of Graphite; 1.3.1.2 Arc Heating of Graphite; 1.3.1.3 Solar Generators; 1.3.1.4 Inductive Heating of Graphite and Other Carbon Sources; 1.3.2 Fullerene Synthesis in Combustion; 1.3.3 Formation of Fullerenes by Pyrolysis of Hydrocarbons

1.3.4 Generation of Endohedral Fullerenes1.3.5 Total Synthesis Approaches; 1.3.6 Formation Process; 1.4 Separation and Purification; 1.5 Properties; 1.5.1 Structures; 1.5.2 Physical and Spectroscopic Properties; References; 2 Reduction; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Fulleride Anions; 2.3 Reductive Electrosynthesis; 2.3.1 Electrocrystallization; 2.3.2 Electrophilic Additions to Fulleride Anions; 2.4 Reduction with Metals; 2.4.1 Alkali Metal Fullerides; 2.4.1.1 Generation in Solution and Quenching Experiments; 2.4.1.2 Synthesis and Properties of Alkali



Metal Fulleride Solids

2.4.2 Alkaline Earth Metal Fullerides2.4.3 Reduction with Mercury; 2.5 Reduction with Organic Donor Molecules; References; 3 Nucleophilic Additions; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Addition of Carbon Nucleophiles; 3.2.1 Hydroalkylation and Hydroarylation of C(60) and C(70); 3.2.2 Cyclopropanation of C(60) and C(70); 3.2.3 Addition of Cyanide; 3.3 Addition of Amines; 3.4 Addition of Hydroxide and Alkoxides; 3.5 Addition of Phosphorus Nucleophiles; 3.6 Addition of Silicon and Germanium Nucleophiles; 3.7 Addition of Macromolecular Nucleophiles - Fullerene Polymers; References; 4 Cycloadditions

4.1 Introduction4.2 [4+2] Cycloadditions; 4.3 [3+2] Cycloadditions; 4.3.1 Addition of Diazomethanes, Diazoacetates and Diazoamides; 4.3.2 Addition of Azides; 4.3.3 Addition of Trimethylenemethanes; 4.3.4 Addition of Azomethine Ylides; 4.3.5 Addition of Nitrile Oxides and Nitrile Imines; 4.3.6 Addition of Sulfinimides and Thiocarbonyl Ylides; 4.3.7 Addition of Carbonyl Ylides; 4.3.8 Addition of Nitrile Ylides and Isonitriles; 4.3.9 Addition of Disiliranes; 4.4 [2+2] Cycloadditions; 4.4.1 Addition of Benzyne; 4.4.2 Addition of Enones; 4.4.3 Addition of Electron-rich Alkynes and Alkenes

4.4.4 Addition of Ketenes and Ketene Acetals4.4.5 Addition of Quadricyclane; 4.4.6 Photodimerization of C(60); 4.5 [2+1] Cycloadditions; 4.5.1 Addition of Carbenes; 4.5.2 Addition of Nitrenes; 4.5.3 Addition of Silylenes; References; 5 Hydrogenation; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Oligohydrofullerenes C(60)H(n) and C(70)H(n) (n = 2-12); 5.2.1 Hydrogenation via Hydroboration and Hydrozirconation; 5.2.2 Reduction with Reducing Metals (Zn/Cu); 5.2.3 Hydrogenation with Hydrazine and with Organic Reducing Agents; 5.2.4 Theoretical Investigations; 5.3 Polyhydrofullerenes C(60)H(n) and C(70)H(n) (n = 14-60)

5.3.1 Birch-Hückel Reduction

Sommario/riassunto

In this handbook, the leading experts in the field presents important and fundamental aspects of the organic and organometallic chemistry of fullerenes. Naturally they also cover the applications in material and medicinal science for these fascinating molecules. Completely self-contained, the book is logically arranged such that information is easy to retrieve, and the style lends itself to effortless reading and to learning more about the chemical properties of this family of molecules.A definitive ""must"" for everyone working in this ever-expanding sphere.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910831001103321

Titolo

The molecular biology and pathology of elastic tissues [[electronic resource] /] / [editors Derek J. Chadwick and Jamie A. Goode]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester ; ; New York, : J. Wiley, 1995

ISBN

1-282-45539-7

9786612455391

0-470-51477-9

0-470-51478-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 192

Altri autori (Persone)

ChadwickDerek

GoodeJamie

Disciplina

574.82

611.0182

611/.0182

Soggetti

Elastin

Elastic tissue - Diseases - Molecular aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Symposium on the Molecular Biology and Pathology of Elastic Tissues, held at the Windsor Golf and Country Club, Nairobi, Kenya, 1-3 November 1994"--P. v.

Editors: Derek J. Chadwick and Jamie A. Goode.

Nota di contenuto

THE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF ELASTIC TISSUES; Contents; Participants; Preface; Chairman's in trod uction; Molecular biophysics of elastin structure, function and pathology; UItrastructure of elastin; General discussion I; Structure of the elastin gene; Regulation of elastin synthesis in pathological states; Catalytic properties and structural components of lysyl oxidase; General discussion II; The structure and function of fibrillin; Elastin gene mutations in transgenic mice; Elastic fibre assembly: macromolecular interactions

The 67 kDa spliced variant of b-galactosidase serves as a reusable protective chaperone for tropoelastinGeneral discussion Ill; Elastin in lung development and disease; Elastin and mechanoreceptor mechanisms with special reference to the mammalian carotid sinus;



Skin elastic fibres: regulation of human elastin promoter activity in transgenic mice; Elastin in systemic and pulmonary hypertension; General discussion IV; Elastin in blood vessels; General discussion V; Elastase in the prevention of arterial ageing and the treatment of the rosclerosis

Interaction of tumour cells with elastin and the metastatic phenotypeA role for neutrophil elastase in solar elastosis; Closing reflections; Index of contributors; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing together contributions from a diverse group of international experts in the field, this collection of papers examines the biology and pathology of elastin at the molecular level. Topics include the structure, ultrastructure and function of elastin; elastin regulation; elastin's role in aging, lung development and disease and atherosclerosis; as well as related aspects of pharmacology and nutrition.