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Synfacts 2008(7): 0705-0705  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1077812
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Fullerene Derivatives with Variable Thermal Stability

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Jeewoo Lim
J. L. Delgado, F. Oswald, F. Cardinali, F. Langa*, N. Martín*
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo and Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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20 June 2008 (online)

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Significance

The fullerene cycloadducts 4 and 5 were found to undergo a retro-cycloaddition reaction thermally and/or in the presence of a Lewis acid. In contrast, cycloadducts 1-3, with two aryl substituents, were inert under the same conditions.