Journal article

Publication year: 2008

Pages: 1022-1036

Journal: Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume number: 47

Issue number: 6

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200701684

Publisher: Wiley

Abstract: 

Marilyn Monroe knew that “diamonds are a girl's best friend” but, in the
meantime, many chemists have realized that they are also extremely
attractive objects in contemporary chemistry. The chemist's diamonds are
usually quite small (herein: nanometer‐sized “diamondoids”) and as a
result of their unique structure are unusual chemical building blocks.
Since lower diamondoids (up to triamantane) have recently become
available in large amounts from petroleum and higher diamondoids
(starting from tetramantane) are now also accessible from crude oil new
research involving them has begun to emerge. Having well‐defined
structures makes these cage compounds so special compared to other
nanometer‐scale diamonds. Selective and high‐yielding synthetic
approaches to the functionalization of diamondoids gives derivatives
that can find applications in, for example, polymers, coating materials,
drugs, and molecular electronics.

Harvard Citation style: Schwertfeger, H., Fokin, A. and Schreiner, P. (2008) Diamonds are a Chemist's Best Friend: Diamondoid Chemistry Beyond Adamantane, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 47(6), pp. 1022-1036. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200701684

APA Citation style: Schwertfeger, H., Fokin, A., & Schreiner, P. (2008). Diamonds are a Chemist's Best Friend: Diamondoid Chemistry Beyond Adamantane. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(6), 1022-1036. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200701684