Flectrochemical Synthesis of a Redox-Active Polymer Based on Buckminsterfullerene Epoxide

摘要

Despite the interest in forming polymeric materials containing C_(60) units, little progress toward preparation of such substanceas has been made. Rao et al. described the photoinduced polymerization of solid C_(60) films. takahasi et al. used a high-frequency plasma to induce polymerization in a sublimed film containing C_(60) and C_(70). Diederich et al. recently described the electrochemical conversion of a dihydromethanofullerene into a conducting polymer. Copolymers between C_(60) and the diradical xylylene have also been formed in toluene solution.