title: A chiral dumbbell shaped bis(fullerene) oligoelectrolyte.
abstract: The first icosacationic bis(fullerene) whose water solubility is provided by twenty peripheral ammonium groups has a rigid, almost cylindrical shape and was synthesized by connecting two fullerene cores with a chiral cyclo-bis(malonate), followed by the regioselective addition of ten amino-terminated malonates into the octahedral positions of the fullerene moieties and subsequent cleavage of the Boc-protecting groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Cyprus, P. O. Box 20537, 1678, Nicosia, Cyprus. nchronak@ucy.ac.cy
authors.forename: Nikos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chronakis
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hartnagel
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirsch