title: Synthesis and electrochemical properties of phthalocyanine--fullerene hybrids
abstract: Phthalocyanines linked to C60 have been synthesized by two general strategies. One of them involves the addition of an azomethine ylide prepared in situ from a formyl phthalocyanine to C60, and the other one involves a statistical condensation of two substituted phthalonitriles, one of them bearing the C60 moiety covalently attached. These new phthalocyanine-fullerene dyads have been studied by cyclic voltammetry and Osteryoung square wave voltammetry, and inter- and intramolecular electronic interactions between the two electroactive subunits have been demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Quimica Organica, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain.
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gouloumis
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sastre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vazquez
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Echegoyen
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Torres