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Publications / 1986 - 1995

  • Rubin, Y.; Dick, K.; Diederich, F.; Georgiadis, T. M. “Chiral Recognition in Aqueous Solution. Search for Water-Soluble Chiral Hosts with Apolar Binding Sites”, J. Org. Chem. 1986, 51, 3270-3278.
  • Diederich, F.; Rubin, Y.; Knobler, C. B.; Whetten, R. L.; Schriver, K. E.; Houk, K. N.; Li, Y. “All-Carbon Molecules:  Evidence for the Generation of Cyclo[18]carbon from a Stable Organic Precursor”, Science  1989, 245, 1088-1090.
  • Rubin, Y.; Diederich, F. “Precursors to the Cyclo[n]carbons:  [4n+2]- and [4n]Annulenes with Unusual Stabilities”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1989, 111, 6870-6871.
  • Rubin, Y.; Knobler, C. B.; Diederich, F. “Precursors to the Cyclo[n]carbons:  From 3,4-Dialkynyl-3-cyclobutene-1,2-diones and 3,4-Dialkynyl-3-cyclobutene-1,2-diols to Cyclobuteno-dehydroannulenes and Higher Oxides of Carbon”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 1607-1617.
  • Li, Y.; Rubin, Y.; Diederich, F.; Houk, K. N. “Electronic and Structural Properties of the Cyclobutenodehydroannulenes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 1618-1623.
  • Rubin, Y.; Knobler, C. B.; Diederich, F. “Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Stable Hexacobalt Complex of Cyclo[18]carbon”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 4966-4968.
  • Rubin, Y., Kahr, M.; Knobler, C. B.; Diederich, F.; Wilkins, C. L. “The Higher Oxides of Carbon C8nO2n (n = 3-5):  Synthesis, Characterization and X-ray Crystal Structure.  Formation of Cyclo[n]carbon Ions Cn+ (n = 18, 24) and Cn– (n = 18, 24, 30), and Higher Carbon Ions Including C60+ in Laser Desorption Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometric Experiments”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 495-500.
  • Ajie, H.; Alvarez, M. M.; Anz, S. J.; Beck, R. D.; Diederich, F.; Fostiropoulos, K.; Huffman, D. R.; Krätschmer, W.; Rubin, Y.; Schriver, K. E.; Sensharma, D.; Whetten, R. L. “Characterization of the Soluble All-Carbon Molecules C60 and C70”, J. Phys. Chem. 1990, 94, 8630-8633.
  • Arbogast, J. W.; Darmanyan, A. P.; Foote, C. S.; Rubin, Y.; Diederich, F.; Alvarez, M. M.; Anz, S. J.; Whetten, R. L. “Photophysical Properties of C60”, J. Phys. Chem. 1991, 95, 11-12.
  • Allemand, P.-M.; Koch, A.; Wudl, F.; Rubin, Y.; Diederich, F.; Alvarez, M. M.; Anz, S. J.; Whetten, R. L. “Two Different Fullerenes Have the Same Cyclic Voltammetry”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 1050-1051.
  • Allemand, P.-M.; Srdanov, G.; Koch, A.; Khemani, K.; Wudl, F.; Rubin, Y.; Diederich, F.; Alvarez, M. M.; Anz, S. J.; Whetten, R. L. “The Unusual Electron Spin Resonance of Fullerene C60•–”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 2780-2781.
  • Diederich, F.; Ettl, R.; Rubin, Y.; Whetten, R. L.; Beck, R. D.; Alvarez, M. M.; Anz, S. J.; Sensharma, D.; Wudl, F.; Khemani, K. C.; Koch, A. “The Higher Fullerenes:  Isolation and Characterization of C76, C84, C90, C94, and C70O, an Oxide of D5h-C70”, Science  1991, 252, 548-551.
  • Snyder, E. J.; Anderson, M. S.; Tong, W. M.; Williams, R. S.; Anz, S. J.; Alvarez, M. M.; Rubin, Y.; Diederich, F.; Whetten, R. L. “Atomic Force Microscope Studies of Fullerene Films:  Highly Stable C60 fcc (311) Free Surfaces”, Science  1991, 253, 171-173.
  • Tong, W. M.; Ohlberg, D. A. A.; You, H. K.; Williams, R. S.; Anz, S. J.; Alvarez, M. M.; Whetten, R. L.; Rubin, Y.; Diederich, F. “X-Ray Diffraction and Electron Spectroscopy of Epitaxial Molecular C60 Films”, J. Phys. Chem. 1991, 95, 4709-4712.
  • Rubin, Y.; Knobler, C. B.; Diederich, F. “Tetraethynylethene”, Angew. Chem. 1991, 103, 708-710; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1991, 30, 698-700.
  • Rubin, Y.; Lin, S. S.; Knobler, C. B.; Anthony, J.; Boldi, A. M.; Diederich, F. “Solution-Spray Flash Vacuum Pyrolysis:  A New Method for the Synthesis of Linear Poliynes with Odd Numbers of CºC Bonds from Substituted 3,4-Dialkynyl-3-cyclobutene-1,2-diones”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 6943-6949.
  • Whetten, R. L.; Alvarez, M. M.; Anz, S. J.; Schriver, K. E.; Beck, R. D.; Diederich, F.; Rubin, Y.; Ettl, R.; Foote, C. S.; Darmanyan, A. P.; Arbogast, J. W. “Spectroscopic and Photophysical Properties of the Soluble Cn Molecules, n = 60, 70, 76/78, 84”, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1991, 206, 639-650. 
  • Diederich, F.; Rubin, Y. “Synthetic Approaches toward Molecular and Polymeric Carbon Allotropes”, Angew. Chem. 1992, 104, 1123-1146; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1992, 31, 1101-1123.
  • Rubin, Y.; Khan, S.; Freedberg, D. I.; Yeretzian, C. “Synthesis and X-ray Structure of a Diels-Alder Adduct of C60”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 344-345.
  • Khan, S. I.; Oliver, A. M.; Paddon-Row, M. N.; Rubin, Y. “Synthesis of a Rigid “Ball-and-Chain” Donor-Acceptor System through Diels-Alder Functionalization of Buckminsterfullerene (C60)”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 4919-4920.
  • Baak, M.; Rubin, Y.; Franz, A.; Stoeckli-Evans, H.; Bigler, L.; Nachbauer, J.; Neier, R. “An Unexpected Tandem Reaction between (N-Butadienyl-N-alkylketene) N,O-Trimethylsilylacetals of Propionamide and Activated Dienophiles like N-Phenylmaleimide or Acryloyl Chloride” Chimia  1993, 47, 233-240.
  • An, Y.-Z.; Anderson, J. L.; Rubin, Y. “Synthesis of a-Amino Acid Derivatives of C60 from 1,9-(4-Hydroxycyclohexano)buckminsterfullerene” J. Org. Chem. 1993, 58, 4799-4801.
  • An, Y.-Z.; Rubin, Y.; Schaller, C.; McElvany, S. W. “Synthesis and Characterization of Diethynylmethanobuckminsterfullerene, a Building Block for Macrocyclic and Polymeric Carbon Allotropes” J. Org. Chem. 1994, 59, 2927-2929.
  • Anderson, H. L.; Faust, R.; Rubin, Y.; Diederich, F. “Fullerene-Acetylene Hybrids:  On the Way to Synthetic Molecular Carbon Allotropes”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1994, 33, 1366-1368.
  • Diederich F.; Rubin Y.; Chapman, O. L.; Goroff N. S. “Synthetic Routes to the Cyclo[n]carbons”, Helv. Chim. Acta 1994, 77, 1441-1457.
  • Anderson, J. L.; An, Y.-Z.; Rubin, Y.; Foote, C. S. “Photophysical Characterization and Singlet Oxygen Yield of a Dihydrofullerene”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 9763-9764.
  • Friedman, S. H.; Wudl, F.; Rubin, Y.; Kenyon, G. L. “A Structure Based Approach to the Design of Fullerene Inhibitors of the HIV Protease” in Fullerenes Proceedings Series:  Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and Related Materials; Kadish, K. M., Ruoff, R. S. Eds.; The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 1994; Vol. 1, pp. 662-669.  (Book chapter)
  • Anthony, J.; Boldi, A. M.; Rubin, Y.; Hobi, M.; Gramlich, V.; Knobler, C. B.; Seiler, P.; Diederich, F. “Tetraethynylethenes:  Fully Cross-Conjugated Pi-electron Chromophores and Molecular Scaffolds for All-carbon Networks and Carbon-rich Nanomaterials”, Helv. Chim. Acta 1995, 78, 13-45.
  • Ganapathi, P. S.; Friedman, S. H.; Kenyon, G. L., Rubin, Y. “Sequential “Double-Michael” Additions of Dienolates with C60:  Rapid Access to Sterically Congested Buckminsterfullerene Derivatives with Defined Stereochemistry”, J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60, 2954-2955.
  • An, Y.-Z.; Ellis, G. A.; Viado, A. L.; Rubin, Y. “A Methodology for the Reversible Solubilization of Fullerenes”, J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60, 6353-6361.
  • An, Y.-Z.; Viado, A. L.; Arce, M-J.; Rubin, Y. “Unusual Regioselectivity in the Singlet Oxygen Ene Reaction of Cyclohexenobuckminsterfullerenes”, J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60, 8330-8331.