title: Convergent, regioselective synthesis of tetrakisfulleroids from C(60).
abstract: An efficient synthesis of the two diastereomeric tetrakisfulleroids 14a and 14b is described starting from the readily accessible trans-1 bis-Diels-Alder adduct 12. The challenging issue of generating multiple bond scissions regiochemically within the fullerene framework, here as [5,6] open systems (fulleroids), is simplified into performing two separate regiocontrol phases. The initial bisadduct 12 can only undergo syn or anti photochemically promoted intramolecular tandem [4 + 4] and retro [2 + 2 + 2] rearrangements, giving the two isomers 14a and 14b in an unexpected 1:4 ratio. Interestingly, the UV-vis absorption spectra of these two isomers are quite different even though their local chromophore perturbations are distant from each other.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles 90095-1569, USA.
authors.forename: Wenyuan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rubin
mesh_terms: D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010777:Photochemistry; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D037741:Fullerenes; C069837:fullerene C60