Gas phase formation of phenalene via 10π-aromatic, resonantly stabilized free radical intermediates

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: ) - the central molecular building block of graphene-type nanostructures. Beyond PAHs, molecular mass growth processes from 1H-phenalene via ring-annulation through C3 molecular building blocks may ultimately lead to two-dimensional structures such as graphene nano flakes and after condensation of multiple layers to graphitized carbon. These fundamental reaction mechanisms are of crucial significance to facilitate an understanding of the origin and chemical evolution of carbon in our Galaxy.

Source: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

DOI: 10.1039/d0cp02216k

Authors: Long Zhao, Ralf I. Kaiser, Wenchao Lu, Musahid Ahmed, Artem D. Oleinikov, Valeriy N. Azyazov, Alexander M. Mebel, A. Hasan Howlader, Stanislaw F. Wnuk

Institutions: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Samara National Research University, Florida International University

Language: English

Topic: Photolysis and Reactive Intermediates

Subfield: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Field: Chemistry

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: U.S. Department of Energy, Florida International University, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Samara University, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences

OpenAlex ID: W3036749045