Electrochemical generation of c 60 2+ and c 60 3+.
The adoption of suitable experimental conditions, which comprise ultra-dry solvents and electrolytes with very high oxidation resistance and low nucleophilicity, has allowed observation, for the first time, of the cyclic voltammetric reversible generation of C602+ and C603+. The present study adds valuable information on the still relatively unknown properties of these important all-carbon carbocations and, in view of their very high reactivity, offers new possible routes for fullerene functionalization.
Bruno
Carlo
C
Università di Bologna and INSTM, Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
Doubitski
Iouri
I
Marcaccio
Massimo
M
Paolucci
Francesco
F
Paolucci
Demis
D
Zaopo
Antonio
A