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Synfacts 2008(12): 1283-1283  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1087301
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Facile Synthesis of Fullerenes

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Jeewoo Lim
G. Otero, G. Biddau, C. Sánchez-Sánchez, R. Caillard, M. F. López, C. Rogero, F. J. Palomares, N. Cabello, M. A. Basanta, J. Ortega, J. Méndez, A. M. Echavarren, R. Pérez, B. Gómez-Lor*, J. A. Martín-Gago*
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Centro de Astrobiología, Madrid and Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, Tarragona, Spain
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20 November 2008 (online)

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In 2002, Scott et al. reported a rational chemical synthesis of C60 from an aromatic precursor (Science 2002, 295, 1500). In this report, the authors describe a more succinct synthesis and utilize the method to synthesize fullerene and triazafullerene (C57N3).