One-pot regioselective synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of a stable [60]fullerene trisadduct with the eedge,eface,trans-1 addition pattern†
Abstract
The Bingel functionalisation of C60 with a structurally novel tether equipped with three reactive malonate groups afforded a C2v-symmetrical eedge,eface,trans-1 trisadduct in a complete regioselective manner and in an excellent yield of 65%. The [60]fullerene trisadduct showed pronounced ability to crystallise and gave X-ray quality single crystals for analysis.