Efficient synthesis of open-cage fullerene derivatives having 16-membered-ring orifices.
The synthesis of 10 new open-cage fullerene derivatives with a 16-membered-ring orifice is being reported. These compounds, derived from the regioselective addition reaction of an aromatic hydrazine or hydrazone to isomeric diketone derivatives of C(60), were isolated in moderate to excellent yields.
Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Voutes 71003 Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Manolis M
MM
Roubelakis
Yasujiro
Y
Murata
Koichi
K
Komatsu
Michael
M
Orfanopoulos