Dynamic HPLC study of C70 chlorination reveals a surprisingly selective synthesis of C70Cl8

Igor V Kuvychko; Alexey A Popov; Alexey V Streletskii; Leanne C Nye; Thomas Drewello; Steven H Strauss; Olga V Boltalina

doi:10.1039/c0cc03134h

Dynamic HPLC study of C70 chlorination reveals a surprisingly selective synthesis of C70Cl8

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Nov 21;46(43):8204-6. doi: 10.1039/c0cc03134h. Epub 2010 Sep 27.

Authors

Igor V Kuvychko¹, Alexey A Popov, Alexey V Streletskii, Leanne C Nye, Thomas Drewello, Steven H Strauss, Olga V Boltalina

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA.

PMID: 20871929
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc03134h

Abstract

A dynamic HPLC study of C(70) chlorination led to the discovery, isolation, characterization, and development of the efficient preparatory procedures for two previously unknown soluble chlorofullerenes C(70)Cl(8) and C(70)Cl(6) and for insoluble [C(70)Cl(8)](n). A novel synthesis of 99% pure C(70)Cl(10) with a nearly quantitative yield was also developed. The first stability study of C(70)Cl(10,8,6) in solution showed that these compounds are very light-sensitive.