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Recent progress in the synthesis of regio‐isomerically pure bis ‐adducts of empty and endohedral fullerenes
Author(s) -
Cerón Maira R.,
Echegoyen Luis
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of physical organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.325
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1395
pISSN - 0894-3230
DOI - 10.1002/poc.3563
Subject(s) - chemistry , fullerene , adduct , endohedral fullerene , fullerene chemistry , reactivity (psychology) , cluster (spacecraft) , metallofullerene , structural isomer , computational chemistry , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , computer science , programming language
Bis ‐functionalized fullerenes have resulted in very effective acceptors in organic photovoltaic solar cells . Here we present a short overview of specific and recently reported pure bis ‐adduct regioisomers of C 60 using short tethers, a few recent examples of bis ‐adducts of C 70 and finally examples of bis ‐adducts of endohedral cluster fullerenes. We also discuss the unexpected reactivity differences of empty fullerenes (C 60 and C 70 ) compared with those of trimetallic nitride cluster endohedral fullerenes (M 3 N@ I h ‐C 80 , M = Sc, Lu) towards tethered‐ bis ‐addition reactions. Finally, we describe the remarkable endohedral‐cluster regiochemical control of multiple additions. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.