Reductive benzylation of C60 imidazoline with a bulky addend.
Reductive benzylation of C60 imidazoline with a bulky addend affords two 1,2,3,16-adducts (2 and 4) and one 1,2,3,4-adduct (3). Experimental and computational results indicate that the sterically favored 2 is more stable than the electronically favored 3. However, an opposite stability order is shown for the dianions of 2 and 3.
State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China.
Hui-Lei
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Hou
Zong-Jun
ZJ
Li
Xiang
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Gao