title: Aziridinofullerene: a versatile platform for functionalized fullerenes.
abstract: An aziridine moiety on the fullerene core can serve as an acid-triggered reacting template for the controlled synthesis of a range of functionalized fullerenes that are otherwise difficult to synthesize in an efficient and selective manner. A copper-catalyzed aziridination of C(60) for the practical synthesis of aziridinofullerene 1 and acid-catalyzed reactions of 1 with mono- and bifunctional nucleophiles as well as alkynes are described. The rapid generation of structural diversity in a single chemical operation using the common platform 1 is notable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nambo
authors.forename: Yasutomo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Segawa
authors.forename: Kenichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Itami
mesh_terms: D001388:Aziridines / Q000737:chemistry*; D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D001388:Aziridines; D037741:Fullerenes; D008024:Ligands; C069837:fullerene C60