title: Unexpected de-arylation of a pentaaryl fullerene.
abstract: A triphenylamine-derived pentaaryl fullerene undergoes an unusual oxidative dearylation under basic conditions to give tetraarylated epoxy fullerene in high yield. The structure of the product was confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction. A mechanism is proposed to account for the loss of the addend and the subsequent formation of the epoxide group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, USA.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clavaguera
authors.forename: Saeed I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rubin