title: Fullerene lipids: synthesis of C60 fullerene derivatives bearing a long-chain saturated or unsaturated triester system.
abstract: Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane was successfully esterified with saturated and unsaturated long-chain fatty acids. The resulting amino-triester intermediates were successively reacted with chloroacetyl chloride, sodium azide, and C60 fullerene. Spectral evidence showed that the aziridine ring is joined to the junction of 16,6]-fused rings of the fullerene. The structures of the various C60 fullerene derivatives bearing a long-chain saturated or unsaturated triester system were characterized by spectroscopic and spectrometric methods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, People's Republic of China. hrsclkj@hkucc.hku.hk
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Jie
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Cheung
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000737:chemistry; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000737:chemistry*; D037741:Fullerenes; D019787:Linoleic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D008055:Lipids / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019301:Oleic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D019810:Sodium Azide / Q000737:chemistry; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment; D013057:Spectrum Analysis
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D037741:Fullerenes; D008055:Lipids; D019301:Oleic Acid; D002244:Carbon; D019810:Sodium Azide; D019787:Linoleic Acid; C045557:chloroacetyl chloride; C069837:fullerene C60