Reactivity of Fullerene C60

摘要

The results of a quantum-chemical study of the reactivity of fullerene C60 in such reactions as polymerization(dimerization),cycloaddition,addition of valence-saturated molecules are presented.The mechanisms of these reactions are also discussed.Icosahedral fullerene C60 is the best studied cluster representing the group of nonplanar conjugated systems.Pyramidalization of carbon atoms makes then no longer purely sp2-hybridized and enhances reactivity of the carbon frame.According to[1],C60,from the reactivity viewpoint,behaves not as an aromatic molecule,bus as an alkene with a huge electron deficite,and it can enter addition,cycloaddition,and polymerization reactions characteristic of unsaturated systems.