title: Fullerenyl boronic esters: ferric perchlorate-mediated synthesis and functionalization.
abstract: Fullerenyl boronic esters have been prepared by a ferric perchlorate-promoted reaction of [60]fullerene with various arylboronic acids. The obtained fullerenyl boronic esters could undergo further functionalization with diols to afford C(60)-fused dioxane/dioxepane derivatives. A possible reaction mechanism for the formation of fullerenyl boronic esters has been proposed.
authors.affiliation: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, and Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Fa-Bao
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Tong-Xin
authors.initials: TX
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Guan-Wu
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Wang