A SUPERIOR SYNTHESIS OF [6,6]-METHANOFULLERENES - THE REACTION OF SULFONIUM YLIDES WITH C-60

Authors
WANG YH CAO JR SCHUSTER DI WILSON SR
Citation
Yh. Wang et al., A SUPERIOR SYNTHESIS OF [6,6]-METHANOFULLERENES - THE REACTION OF SULFONIUM YLIDES WITH C-60, Tetrahedron letters, 36(38), 1995, pp. 6843-6846
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
36
Issue
38
Year of publication
1995
Pages
6843 - 6846
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1995)36:38<6843:ASSO[->2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The addition-elimination reaction of stabilized sulfonium ylides 1a-f to C-60 provides a new high yield route to [6,6]-methanofullerenes. Th e rates of reaction differ with the nucleophilicity of the ylides.