Fluorination of solid C60 with fluorine gas proceeds in a stepwise manner to give, after twelve days (10 mg scale), a colourless derivative indicated by a single line 19F NMR spectrum to be C60F60; reaction time is quantity dependent.
J. H. Holloway, E. G. Hope, R. Taylor, G. J. Langley, A. G. Avent, T. J. Dennis, J. P. Hare, H. W. Kroto and D. R. M. Walton, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1991, 966 DOI: 10.1039/C39910000966
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