Facile Bucky-Bowl Synthesis by Regiospecific Cove-Region Closure by HF Elimination

Proton-Catalyzed, Silane-Fueled Friedel-Crafts Coupling of Fluoroarenes

(2011) O. Allemann et al.   SCIENCE

Towards the Isomer-Specific Synthesis of Higher Fullerenes and Buckybowls by the Surface-Catalyzed Cyclodehydrogenation of Aromatic Precursors

(2010) Konstantin Amsharov et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Homo-elimination of HF-An Efficient Approach for Intramolecular Aryl-Aryl Coupling

(2010) Konstantin Yu. Amsharov et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

A step toward direct fullerene synthesis: C60 fullerene precursors with fluorine in key positions

(2010) Mikhail A. Kabdulov et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Synthesis of end-cap precursor molecules for (6, 6) armchair and (9, 0) zig-zag single-walled carbon nanotubes

(2010) Andreas Mueller et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Synthesis of a higher fullerene precursor—an “unrolled” C84 fullerene

(2009) Konstantin Amsharov et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Highly Efficient Fluorine-Promoted Intramolecular Condensation of Benzo[c]phenanthrene: A New Prospective on Direct Fullerene Synthesis

(2009) Konstantin Yu. Amsharov et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Aromatic π-Systems More Curved Than C60. The Complete Family of All Indenocorannulenes Synthesized by Iterative Microwave-Assisted Intramolecular Arylations

(2009) Brian D. Steinberg et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A C78Fullerene Precursor:  Toward the Direct Synthesis of Higher Fullerenes

(2008) Konstantin Yu. Amsharov et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Fullerenes from aromatic precursors by surface-catalysed cyclodehydrogenation

(2008) Gonzalo Otero et al.   NATURE

Hydrodefluorination of Perfluoroalkyl Groups Using Silylium-Carborane Catalysts

(2008) C. Douvris et al.   SCIENCE

Steps toward the synthesis of a geodesic C60H12 end cap for a C3v carbon [6,6]nanotube

(2008) Thomas J. Hill et al.   TETRAHEDRON