title: An alternative type of fullerene products from the reaction of [60]fullerene with alkoxides and subsequent derivatization.
abstract: Reaction of [60]fullerene with freshly prepared RCH(2)CH(2)ONa/RCH(2)CH(2)OH (R = H, Me, Et, Ph) in anhydrous toluene in the presence of air unexpectedly afforded fullerene products with a C(60)-fused tetrahydrofuran ring skeleton and an acetal moiety, which could be further transformed into C(60)-fused dihydrofurans, tolyl-substituted C(60)-fused tetrahydrofuran, and methanofullerenes bearing a formyl group by boron trifluoride etherate. Possible reaction mechanisms are proposed to explain the formation of different fullerene products.
authors.affiliation: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China. gwang@ustc.edu.cn
authors.forename: Guan-Wu
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yong-Ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Zhong-Xiu
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shi-Hui
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Wu