Generation of fullerenyl cation (EtO)2P+(OH)CH2-C60+ from RC60-H and from RC60-C60R (R = CH2P(O)(OEt)2)

Yasujiro Murata; Fuyong Cheng; Toshikazu Kitagawa; Koichi Komatsu

doi:10.1021/ja047483h

Generation of fullerenyl cation (EtO)2P+(OH)CH2-C60+ from RC60-H and from RC60-C60R (R = CH2P(O)(OEt)2)

J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Jul 28;126(29):8874-5. doi: 10.1021/ja047483h.

Authors

Yasujiro Murata¹, Fuyong Cheng, Toshikazu Kitagawa, Koichi Komatsu

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

PMID: 15264800
DOI: 10.1021/ja047483h

Abstract

A novel fullerenyl cation (EtO)2P+(OH)CH2-C60+ was generated by simply dissolving the monofunctionalized hydrofullerene RC60-H or singly bonded dimer RC60-C60R (R = CH2P(O)(OEt)2) in oxidizing acids such as H2SO4 and FSO3H. The cation was also formed in CH2Cl2 by one-electron oxidation with aminium radical cation and was used for further functionalization of C60.