A bowl-shaped fullerene encapsulates a water into the cage

J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Mar 10;126(9):2668-9. doi: 10.1021/ja038537a.

Abstract

The sequential carbon-carbon bond cleaving reactions of the diketone derivative of C60 with o-phenylenediamine give a novel bowl-shaped fullerene bearing a 20-membered ring orifice. The product reversibly encapsulates a water molecule into the fullerene cage for the first time.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Fullerenes / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Temperature
  • Water / chemistry*

Substances

  • Fullerenes
  • Water