Formation of an Effective Opening within the Fullerene Core of C(60) by an Unusual Reaction Sequence.
A large hole in a fullerene: The addition of dioxygen to the highly reactive 1,4-diaminobutadiene moiety of 1, formed from the reaction of C(60) with a rigid diazidobutadiene, results in the very efficient formation of an open fullerene (see the space-filling model) with the largest orifice created so far on a fullerene. The opening may be large enough to allow the smallest atoms, molecules, or ions to pass through.
Schick
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569 (USA).
Jarrosson
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Rubin
Y