Abstract
Materials containing a spherical π-electron moiety have the added advantage of enhanced intermolecular interactions. Buckminsterfullerene is a special spherical π-electron carbon cluster which, unfortunately, is only sparingly soluble in most common
Addition and cycloaddition reactions are the only synthetic methods available to functionalize C60. Of these, the so called Bingel, Bingel–Hirsch, Prato and azoalkane cycloaddition reactions are the most useful and have been used over the past decade to produce a myriad of C60-based molecules as well as many materials.
So far, there are only two areas where functionalized
- This article is part of the themed collection: Functionalised Fullerenes