title: Unprecedented photochemical rearrangement of an open-cage C60derivative.
abstract: Upon irradiation of a sulfoxide C60derivative with a 17-membered-ring opening, rearrangement of the carbon framework took place to give an unprecedented lactone C60derivative with a 14-membered-ring opening, whose structure was unambiguously determined by single crystal X-ray analysis. This reaction is completely different from that of the previously reported sulfoxide C60and C70derivatives with a 13-membered-ring opening.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan. yasujiro@scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Tsukasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Futagoishi
authors.forename: Michihisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wakamiya
authors.forename: Yasujiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murata