Fullerene sugar balls.
Fullerene hexakis-adducts bearing 12 peripheral carbohydrate moieties have been prepared by grafting sugar derivatives onto the fullerene core through the copper mediated Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azides and alkynes.
Nierengarten
Jean-François
JF
Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux Moléculaires, Université de Strasbourg et CNRS (UMR 7509), Ecole Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM), 25 rue Becquerel, 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France. nierengarten@chimie.u-strasbg.fr
Iehl
Julien
J
Oerthel
Vincent
V
Holler
Michel
M
Illescas
Beatriz M
BM
Muñoz
Antonio
A
Martín
Nazario
N
Rojo
Javier
J
Sánchez-Navarro
Macarena
M
Cecioni
Samy
S
Vidal
Sébastien
S
Buffet
Kevin
K
Durka
Maxime
M
Vincent
Stéphane P
SP
D000480:Alkynes / Q000737:chemistry; D001386:Azides / Q000737:chemistry; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D003500:Cyclization; D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*
D000480:Alkynes; D001386:Azides; D002241:Carbohydrates; D037741:Fullerenes