Open-[60]fullerene–aniline conjugates with near-infrared absorption

Abstract

Two open-[60]fullerene–aniline conjugates were synthesized, in which the two-fold addition of diamine gave a thiazolidine-2-thione ring on the [60]fullerene cage in the presence of CS₂. By increasing the number of N,N-dimethylaniline moieties, the absorption edge was considerably shifted up to 1200 nm owing to effective acceptor–donor interactions.