Groundwork for a Rational Synthesis of C 60 : Cyclodehydrogenation of a C 60 H 30 Polyarene

• Published in: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 294; no. 5543; pp. 828 - 831
• Main Authors: Boorum, Margaret M., Vasil'ev, Yury V., Drewello, Thomas, Scott, Lawrence T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 26.10.2001

A C 60 H 30 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) that incorporates all 60 carbon atoms and 75 of the 90 carbon-carbon bonds required to form the fullerene C 60 has been synthesized in nine steps by conventional laboratory methods. Laser irradiation of this C 60 H 30 PAH at 337 nanometers induces hy...