Issue 46, 2008
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Chemical Communications

Surgery of fullerenes

Michihisa Murata,a   Yasujiro Murataab  and  Koichi Komatsu*c  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan

b PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan

c Department of Environmental and Biotechnological Frontier Engineering, Fukui University of Technology, Gakuen, Japan
E-mail: komatsu@fukui-ut.ac.jp
Fax: (+81) 75-761-8089
Tel: (+81) 75-761-8039

Abstract

Recent attempts at the synthesis of endohedral fullerenes by organic reactions, so-called “molecular surgery” methods, are surveyed. The creation of an opening on the surface of fullerene cages allowed insertion of He, H2, H2O, or CO within the cages. An effective route to “suture” an opening was established to realize a new endohedral fullerene, H2@C60. Further development of this operation as well as the properties and reactions of H2@C60 are summarized. Also the application of the encapsulated H2 molecule as an NMR probe for the study of aromaticity of ionic fullerenes is described.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B811738A
Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
09 Jul 2008
Accepted
22 Aug 2008
First published
11 Sep 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 6083-6094

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M. Murata, Y. Murata and K. Komatsu, Chem. Commun., 2008, 6083 DOI: 10.1039/B811738A

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