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.
Jean-François Nierengarten
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.
fullerenes; host-guest systems; inclusion compounds; supramolecular chemistry