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Buckybowls: Corannulene and Its Derivatives
Author(s) -
Li Xu,
Kang Feiyu,
Inagaki Michio
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201503950
Subject(s) - corannulene , molecule , lithium (medication) , pentagon , chemistry , fullerene , computational chemistry , nanotechnology , materials science , organic chemistry , mathematics , medicine , geometry , endocrinology
Corannulene, a kind of bowl like polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), whose molecule is composed of a central pentagon and five closely adjacent hexagons on the pentagon's five sides, has received great scientific interest among research groups. In this review, the syntheses, characteristic molecule structure and properties of corannulene are clarified, as well as its derivatives with different substituted groups, fused derivatives, metal complex, and derivatives for host guest chemistry. On the basis of reviewing the applications and properties of corannulene together with its derivatives, the potential applications in hydrogen storage and lithium storage were highlighted and prospected.