title: Lewis acid-assisted nucleophilic substitution of fullerene epoxide.
abstract: [Structure: see text] A 1,4-bis(phenyl)-1,4-dihydro[60]fullerene resulting from an efficient nucleophilic substitution has been obtained by reaction of a fullerene epoxide, C60O, with nucleophilic aromatic compounds in the presence of boron trifluoride etherate as a Lewis acid.
authors.affiliation: Nanomaterial Processing Laboratory, RIKEN, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan. tajima@riken.jp
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tajima
authors.forename: Takumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Honma
authors.forename: Shiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeuchi