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Synfacts 2010(12): 1364-1364  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258939
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Annulated Fullerenes

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, D. Barney Walker
Z. Xiao, Y. Matsuo*, E. Nakamura*
The University of Tokyo and ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan
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Publication Date:
22 November 2010 (online)

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Significance

A remarkably efficient annulation that allows access to a range of fullerenes directly fused to a dihydronapthalene ring is reported. The copper-catalyzed [4+2] cyclization involves a formal C-H bond activation.