Petroleum Chemistry, Vol.43, No.6, 383-386, 2003
Transformations of saturated hydrocarbons at room temperature in the presence of the fullerene C-60-aluminum bromide-hydrochloric acid system
The fullerene C-60-aluminum bromide-hydrochloric acid system can mediate the isomerization, alkylation, and dehydrogenation reactions of n-decane, decalin, and 1,3-dimethyladamantane at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. The saturated hydrocarbons can be arranged according to reactivity in the following series: decalin > n-decane > 1,3-dimethyladamantane.