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Hydrogen‐Bonding Motifs in Fullerene Chemistry
Author(s) -
Sánchez Luis,
Martín Nazario,
Guldi Dirk M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200500321
Subject(s) - fullerene , supramolecular chemistry , intermolecular force , hydrogen bond , fullerene chemistry , covalent bond , chemistry , nanotechnology , chemical physics , acceptor , hydrogen , materials science , computational chemistry , molecule , organic chemistry , physics , condensed matter physics
The combination of fullerenes and hydrogen‐bonding motifs is a new interdisciplinary field in which weak intermolecular forces allow modulation of one‐, two‐, and three‐dimensional fullerene‐based architectures and control of their function. This Minireview aims to extend the scope of fullerene chemistry to a truly supramolecular level from which unprecedented architectures may evolve. It is shown that electronic communication in C 60 ‐based hydrogen‐bonded donor–acceptor ensembles is at least as strong as that found in covalently connected systems and that hydrogen‐bonding fullerene chemistry is a versatile concept for the construction of functional ensembles.