Preparation of covalent-bound iodofullerene through selective opening of fullerene epoxide to form halohydrin fullerene derivatives

摘要

The epoxy moiety in a fullerene mixed peroxide can be opened regioselectively by various Lewis acids to form halohydrin fullerene derivatives. The first iodofullerene was obtained by treating the fullerene epoxide with triphenylphosphine and iodine. A single-crystal structure of the chlorohydrin derivative supports the results.