Systematic inflation of buckminsterfillerene c60: synthesis of diphenyl fulleroids c61 to c66

T Suzuki; Q Li; K C Khemani; F Wudl; O Almarsson

doi:10.1126/science.254.5035.1186

Systematic inflation of buckminsterfillerene c60: synthesis of diphenyl fulleroids c61 to c66

Science. 1991 Nov 22;254(5035):1186-8. doi: 10.1126/science.254.5035.1186.

Authors

T Suzuki, Q Li, K C Khemani, F Wudl, O Almarsson

PMID: 17776408
DOI: 10.1126/science.254.5035.1186

Abstract

The synthesis of a new family of spheroidal carbon molecules derived from the fullerenes is described. The fulleroids are produced by incremental addition of a divalent carbon equivalent that has two phenyl (Ph) rings to fullerene C(60). The fulleroids Ph(2)C(61), Ph(4)C(62), Ph(6)C(63), Ph(8)C(64), Ph(10)C(65), and Ph(12)C(66) have been prepared and characterized.