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Cover Picture: Fullerene Sugar Balls: A New Class of Biologically Active Fullerene Derivatives (Chem. Asian J. 6/2014)
Author(s) -
Nierengarten Iwona,
Nierengarten JeanFrançois
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemistry – an asian journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.18
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1861-471X
pISSN - 1861-4728
DOI - 10.1002/asia.201490017
Subject(s) - fullerene , sugar , cover (algebra) , polymer science , chemistry , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , materials science , engineering , mechanical engineering
Fullerene derivatives substituted with sugar residues, that is, glycofullerenes, have attracted considerable interest, as the sugar residues constitute not only solubilizing groups but also provide additional appealing features to the conjugates due to their intrinsic biological properties. In their Focus Review on page 1436 ff., Iwona and Jean‐François Nierengarten summarize the most recent advances in the synthesis and biological applications of glycofullerenes. Special emphasis is laid on globular glycofullerenes, that is, fullerene sugar balls, constructed on a hexasubstituted fullerene scaffold.