NANOSYSTEMS: PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, MATHEMATICS, 2014, 5 (1), P. 39–45
SYNTHESIS, ISOLATION, AND X-RAY STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF TRIFLUOROMETHYLATED C90 FULLERENES: C90(30)(CF3)18 AND C90(35)(CF3)14
N. B. Tamm – Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; tamm@thermo.chem.msu.ru
S.I. Troyanov – Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; stroyano@thermo.chem.msu.ru
Two CF3 derivatives of C90, C90(30)(CF3)18 and C90(35)(CF3)14, have been isolated via HPLC from the products of a high-temperature trifluoromethylation of a C76–C96 fullerene mixture with CF3I. Their molecular structures were determined by single crystal X-ray crystallography using synchrotron radiation. The addition patterns of the new compounds are discussed in comparison with those of the corresponding chlorinated C90.
Keywords: Fullerenes, C90, Trifluoromethylation, HPLC, Structure elucidation.
PACS 61.48.-c