Ring-opened fullerenes: an unprecedented class of ligands for supramolecular chemistry.
A window of opportunity: With the formation of a large orifice in the C60 core (1) and the successful insertion of He and H2 , two critical steps have been realized towards the development of an efficient synthetic approach for the preparation of endohedral fullerene complexes.
Groupe des Matériaux Organiques Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg Université Louis Pasteur and CNRS 23 rue du Loess, 67037 Strasbourg, France, Fax: (+33) 3-8810-7246. niereng@ipcms.u-strasbg.fr.
Jean-François Nierengarten
fullerenes; host-guest systems; inclusion compounds; supramolecular chemistry