Journal article

Synthesis of Higher Diamondoids and Implications for Their Formation in Petroleum


Authors list: Dahl, JEP; Moldowan, JM; Wei, Z; Lipton, PA; Denisevich, P; Gat, R; Liu, S; Schreiner, PR; Carlson, RMK

Publication year: 2010

Pages: 9881-9885

Journal: Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume number: 49

Issue number: 51

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201004276

Publisher: Wiley


Abstract: 

Higher diamondoids form from lower ones in experiments mimicking
petroleum cracking. The yields are low but can be significantly improved
by the addition of isobutane or isobutene. Rather than through
superacid‐catalyzed carbocation rearrangement reactions—long assumed to
be responsible for diamondoid growth—the reactions take place through
free‐radical mechanisms akin to CVD growth.




Citation Styles

Harvard Citation style: Dahl, J., Moldowan, J., Wei, Z., Lipton, P., Denisevich, P., Gat, R., et al. (2010) Synthesis of Higher Diamondoids and Implications for Their Formation in Petroleum, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 49(51), pp. 9881-9885. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201004276

APA Citation style: Dahl, J., Moldowan, J., Wei, Z., Lipton, P., Denisevich, P., Gat, R., Liu, S., Schreiner, P., & Carlson, R. (2010). Synthesis of Higher Diamondoids and Implications for Their Formation in Petroleum. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(51), 9881-9885. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201004276


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