An elusive fulvene 1,7,11,24-C60(CF3)4 and its unusual reactivity

James B Whitaker; Igor V Kuvychko; Natalia B Shustova; Yu-Sheng Chen; Steven H Strauss; Olga V Boltalina

doi:10.1039/c3cc47899h

An elusive fulvene 1,7,11,24-C60(CF3)4 and its unusual reactivity

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Feb 7;50(10):1205-8. doi: 10.1039/c3cc47899h.

Authors

James B Whitaker¹, Igor V Kuvychko, Natalia B Shustova, Yu-Sheng Chen, Steven H Strauss, Olga V Boltalina

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA. steven.strauss@colostate.edu olga.boltalina@colostate.edu.

PMID: 24326690
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc47899h

Abstract

The X-ray crystal structure of a trifluoromethylfullerene (TMF), 1,7,11,24-C60(CF3)4, is reported for the first time. This elusive intermediate, while highly air stable as a solid, exhibits highly regioselective reactivity towards molecular oxygen in polar solvents, and only when exposed to light.