Strained Hydrocarbons

In clearly structured chapters, this book covers the fascinating world of hydrocarbons, providing an insight into the fundamental principles of chemistry. The monograph covers modern aspects of the topic, such as carbon nanotubes, molecular flask inclusion, and fullerenes, with new synthetic procedures for the build up of the structural lattice included.

In clearly structured chapters, this book covers the fascinating world of hydrocarbons, providing an insight into the fundamental principles of chemistry. The monograph covers modern aspects of the topic, such as carbon nanotubes, molecular flask inclusion, and fullerenes, with new synthetic procedures for the build up of the structural lattice included.

INTRODUCTIONInitial RemarksHydrocarbons with Unusual Spatial Structure: The Need to Finance Basic ResearchComputations on Strained HydrocarbonsGallery of Molecules That Could Have Been Included in this BookDISTORTED SATURATED HYDROCARBONSMolecules with Inverted Carbon AtomsMolecules with Planar and Pyramidal Carbon AtomsA Theoretical Approach to Study and Design of Prismane Systems(CH)2n Cage Structures, 'in'-'out' Isomerism in Perhydrogenated Fullerenes and Planar Cyclohexane RingsUltralong C-C bondsUltrashort C-C bondsDISTORTED ALKENESNonplanar AlkenesSmall Ring and Cage Structures Involving Nonplanar C=C BondsStrained Cyclic Allenes and CumulenesSTRAINED AROMATIC MOLECULESNonstandard BenzenesDistorted CyclophanesHelicenesCycloproparenesFULLERENESIntroductionChemistry Influenced by the Nontypical Structure: Modification of [60]FullerenePhysicochemical Properties and the Unusual Structure of FullerenesFullerene AggregatesEndohedral Fullerenes with Neutral Atoms and MoleculesHydrogenated FullerenesApplications of FullerenesCARBON NANOTUBESThe Structure and Properties of Carbon NanotubesThe Functionalization of Carbon NanotubesApplications of Carbon NanotubesANGLE-STRAINED CYCLOALKYNESIntroductionCyclopropyne and Cyclobutyne: Speculations and Calculations on Non-Isolable CycloalkynesCyclopentyne, Cyclohexyne, Cycloheptyne: From Reactive Intermediates to Isolable CompoundsThe Isolable Angle-Strained Cycloalkynes: Cyclooctyne, Cyclononyne, and BeyondCyclic PolyacetylenesSpectroscopic Properties of Angle-Strained CycloalkynesMOLECULES WITH LABILE BONDS: SELECTED ANNULENES AND BRIDGED HOMOTROPILIDENESIntroductionAnnulenesCyclooctatetraeneBond Shifting, Ring Inversion and AntiaromaticityValence IsomerizationIons Derived from COTThe Higher AnnulenesBridged HomotrophilidenesRecent DevelopmentsMOLECULES WITH NONSTANDARD TOPOLOGICAL PROPERTIES: CENTROHEXAINDANE, KURATOWSKI´S CYCLOPHANE AND OTHER NONPLANAR MOLECULESIntroductionTopologically Nonplanar Graphs and Molecular MotifsCentrohexaindaneK5 Versus K3,3 MoleculesKuratowski?s CyclophaneSHORT-LIVED SPECIES STABILIZED IN 'MOLECULAR' OR 'SUPRAMOLECULAR FLASKS'CONCLUDING REMARKS