Fullerene sugar balls

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Jun 14;46(22):3860-2. doi: 10.1039/c0cc00034e. Epub 2010 Apr 23.

Abstract

Fullerene hexakis-adducts bearing 12 peripheral carbohydrate moieties have been prepared by grafting sugar derivatives onto the fullerene core through the copper mediated Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azides and alkynes.

MeSH terms

  • Alkynes / chemistry
  • Azides / chemistry
  • Carbohydrates / chemistry*
  • Cyclization
  • Fullerenes / chemistry*

Substances

  • Alkynes
  • Azides
  • Carbohydrates
  • Fullerenes