M. Walter et al., SYNTHESIS AND CHEMICAL-TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE DIELS-ALDER ADDUCT OF [60]FULLERENE AND 4-AMINO-O-QUINODIMETHANE, Fullerene science and technology, 4(1), 1996, pp. 101-113
Diels-Alder reaction of 4-amino-o-quinodimethane (6) with [60]fulleren
e (1) affords the thermally stable and chemically reactive adduct 7(n)
. The nucleophilic amino group of 7(n) is well suited for the covalent
attachment of different molecules to the [60]fullerene core by furthe
r chemical reactions.