title: Organocatalysis for new chiral fullerene-based materials.
abstract: The cycloaddition reaction of 3-alkynoates to fullerenes has been studied under different experimental conditions and phosphines in the presence of a base which is responsible for the previous isomerization to the corresponding allenoate. The versatility of this reaction allows chiral fullerenes to be obtained at will, thus opening up a new avenue in the use of enantiomerically pure carbon nanostructures in materials science.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Química, Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain. nazmar@quim.ucm.es.
authors.forename: Rosa M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Girón
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reboredo
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marco-Martínez
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Filippone
authors.forename: Nazario
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Martín
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D061565:Cycloaddition Reaction; D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D010720:Phosphines / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D037741:Fullerenes; D009281:Naphthalenes; D010720:Phosphines; C110055:allenolic acid