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Understanding the Reactivity of Fullerenes Through the Activation Strain Model
Author(s) -
Fernández Israel
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
european journal of organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1099-0690
pISSN - 1434-193X
DOI - 10.1002/ejoc.201701626
Subject(s) - reactivity (psychology) , chemistry , fullerene , cycloaddition , regioselectivity , computational chemistry , decomposition , nanotechnology , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , materials science , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
The Activation Strain Model of reactivity nowadays constitutes a powerful tool to aid quantitative understanding of chemical reactions, and also their design. This approach, combined with the Energy Decomposition Analysis method, has been really helpful for our current understanding of different fundamental transformations in chemistry. This Microreview illustrates the usefulness of this methodology in providing more insight into the chemistry of fullerenes. To this end, representative recent applications, ranging from the regioselectivity in Diels–Alder cycloaddition to the reactivity of endohedral fullerenes, are presented.