Electrochemical Transformations of Methanofullerenes

  • L. Echegoyen
  • J.-P. Bourgeois
  • F. Cardullo
  • J. Crassous
  • F. Diederich
  • M. Gómez-López
  • A. Herrmann
  • R. Kessinger
  • M. Rüttimann
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Part of the NATO ASI Series book series (ASIC, volume 527)

Abstract

The synthesis of fullerene derivatives started almost as soon as the parent compounds were first isolated in large quantities in 1990, after extraction from the soot produced by arching graphite rods under a helium atmosphere [1]. A wide variety of reactions have been developed to prepare fullerene derivatives, mainly from C60 and C70, since these are the most abundant carbon allotropes produced in the soot. Given the spherical symmetry of C60, along with its unique and interesting electronic properties, it has been used extensively as the core from which well-defined three-dimensional architectures containing specific functional groups have been built [2,3]. Single as well as multiple adducts can be easily attached to C60 using a variety of protocols, but the persistent challenge is to prepare the multiple adducts in a regioselective way [4].

Keywords

Cyclic Voltammetry Circular Dichroism Spectrum Rotate Disk Electrode Fullerene Derivative Cotton Effect 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • L. Echegoyen
    • 1
  • J.-P. Bourgeois
    • 2
  • F. Cardullo
    • 2
  • J. Crassous
    • 2
  • F. Diederich
    • 2
  • M. Gómez-López
    • 2
  • A. Herrmann
    • 2
  • R. Kessinger
    • 2
  • M. Rüttimann
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of ChemistryUniversity of MiamiCoral GablesUSA
  2. 2.Laboratorium für Organische ChemieETH-ZentrumZürichSwitzerland

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