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Synfacts 2011(1): 0038-0038  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1259158
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Fullerene-Fused Lactones

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Carlos Cordovilla
F.-B. Li, X. You, G.-W. Wang*
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei and Lanzhou University, P. R. of China
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21 December 2010 (online)

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Significance

Disubstituted C60-fused γ-lactones can be obtained via metal salt mediated reactions of fullerene with different malonate esters in fairly good yields. The products were characterized by UV/Vis, HRMS, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, and FT-IR spectroscopy. A reaction mechanism is proposed.