Fluorine takes a hike: remarkable room-temperature rearrangement of the C1 isomer of C60F36 into the C3 isomer via a 1,3-fluorine shift

Abstract

In a toluene/CDCl₃ solution at room temperature, the C₁ isomer of C₆₀F₃₆ rearranges into the C₃ isomer over a period of four days, as a result of a unique 1,3-shift of fluorine; this rare example of addend migration across a fullerene cage surface is accelerated by air.