The structure of fullerene compounds

This account reviews fullerene chemistry research at Sussex. C 60Ph 2 and C 60Ph 4 have been isolated as minor products from the reaction of C 60Cl 6 with C 6H 6 and FeCl 3. [70]Fullerene reacts with ICl in C 6H 6 producing a single isomer of C 70Cl 10 in high yield. C 70Ph 8, which has a [5,6] cage...

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Published in:Journal of molecular structure Vol. 436; pp. 1 - 9
Main Authors: Avent, A.G., Benito, A.M., Birkett, P.R., Darwish, A.D., Hitchcock, P.B., Kroto, H.W., Locke, I.W., Meidine, M.F., O'Donovan, B.F., Prassides, K., Taylor, R., Walton, D.R.M., van Wijnkoop, M.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V 15-12-1997
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Summary:This account reviews fullerene chemistry research at Sussex. C 60Ph 2 and C 60Ph 4 have been isolated as minor products from the reaction of C 60Cl 6 with C 6H 6 and FeCl 3. [70]Fullerene reacts with ICl in C 6H 6 producing a single isomer of C 70Cl 10 in high yield. C 70Ph 8, which has a [5,6] cage double bond that can be selectively functionalized, or C 70Ph 10 are produced by the electrophilic substitution of C 70Cl 10 into C 6H 6 in the presence of FeCl 3. C 70Ph 9OH is isolated as a minor component of foregoing reaction mixtures. Autoxidation of C 70Ph 8 yields the bislactone, C 70Ph 8O 4, which has an eleven atom ring in the surface of the cage, Cycloaddition to the [5,6] double bond of C 70Ph 8 with anthracene, C 14H 10, in C 6H 6 produces C 70Ph 8(C 14H 10). Two new methanofullerenes, C 60(CBr 2), and C 60(CHCN), are produced by treating [60]fullerene in C 6H 6 with either CH 2BrCN or CHBr 2 in the presence of LDA. Reaction of [60]fullerene with alkyl buta-2,3-dienoates in the presence of a phosphine results in [3 + 2] cycloadditions which produce alkyl 3′H-1,2-([1′,2′]cyclopenta)[60]fullerene-5′-carboxylates. [60]Fullerene reacts with Pt(cod) 2, producing an insoluble precipitate of PtC 60, further reaction with the bidentate ligand, Ph 2P(CH 2) n PPh 2) [ n = 2 or 3] in PhMe yields the low solubility complexes Pt( η 2-C 60)[Ph 2P(CH 2) n PPh 2)] ( n = 2 or 3). Mixing of C 6H 6 solutions of [60]fullerene with P 4 or vapour-solid reaction of [60]fullerene with P 4 results in the formation of the intercalate C 60(P 4) 2; there is no evidence for significant charge-transfer between the donor (P 4) and acceptor (C 60) molecules.
ISSN:0022-2860
1872-8014
DOI:10.1016/S0022-2860(97)00321-9