Novel open-cage fullerenes having a 12-membered-ring orifice: removal of the organic addends from the rim of the orifice.
Two novel open-cage fullerene derivatives bearing a 12-membered-ring orifice on the fullerene cage have been isolated. Removal of the N-MEM protective group leads to the first open-cage [60]fullerene derivative without organic addends on the rim of the orifice. [structure: see text]
Vougioukalakis
Georgios C
GC
Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 71409 Iraklion, Greece.
Prassides
Kosmas
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Orfanopoulos
Michael
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