The first water-soluble main-chain polyfullereneA colour version of the space-filling model of the supramolecularly shielded polyfullerene (Fig. 2) is available as electronic supplementary information (ESI). See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b0/b003881o/
Abstract
The synthesis of the first water-soluble polyfullerene is accomplished by nucleophilic reaction of a diamine supramolecularly shielded in a cyclodextrin cavity with fullerene, leading to a versatile new field for main-chain fullerene polymers.