Efficient cyclopropanation of C60 starting from malonates

1 January 1997

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1

No. 11,p. 1595-1596
https://doi.org/10.1039/a702055d

Abstract

The direct treatment of C₆₀ with malonates in the presence of CBr₄ and diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) leads to an efficient conversion to methanofullerenes, which is demonstrated with the syntheses of monoadducts and highly symmetric hexaadducts in good yields.

Keywords

TREATMENT
CYCLOPROPANATION
MALONATES
C60 STARTING
CONVERSION
GOOD
CBR4
MONOADDUCTS
DBU

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