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The Impact of Copper‐Catalyzed Alkyne–Azide 1,3‐Dipolar Cycloaddition in Fullerene Chemistry
Author(s) -
Nierengarten Iwona,
Nierengarten JeanFrançois
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the chemical record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1528-0691
pISSN - 1527-8999
DOI - 10.1002/tcr.201402081
Subject(s) - fullerene , click chemistry , fullerene chemistry , cycloaddition , chemistry , nanotechnology , combinatorial chemistry , catalysis , materials science , organic chemistry
Abstract Click reactions largely cross the borders of organic synthetic chemistry and are now at the forefront of many interdisciplinary studies at the interfaces between chemistry, physics, and biology. As part of this research, our group is involved in a program on the development of clickable fullerene building blocks and their application in the preparation of a large variety of new advanced materials and bioactive compounds. Importantly, the introduction of the click chemistry concept in fullerene chemistry allowed us to produce compounds that would barely be accessible by using the classical tools of fullerene chemistry. This is particularly the case for the conjugation of fullerenes with other carbon nanoforms, such as carbon nanohorns and graphene. It is also the case for most of the sophisticated molecular ensembles constructed from clickable fullerene hexa‐adduct building blocks. In this paper, we have summarized our ongoing progress in this particular field.Dedicated to Professor Fernando Langa on the occasion of his 60th birthday