a Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK b Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
Abstract:
A single isomer of a monofunctionalised C70 fullerene is isolated and characterised using variable temperature NMR spectroscopy. Pendant methylene bromide groups allow for further cycloaddition reactions and a C60-C70 asymmetric fullerene dimer is thus prepared.