The addition reactions of [60]fullerene to benzyl amine and anthracene
were studied by using spectrophotometry. The kinetic measurements sho
w minima if the absorbance at a wavelength of 595 nm is plotted versus
time. The minima obtained from the spectrophotometric kinetic measure
ments can be attributed to the formation of intermediates of C-60 due
to the single-electron transfer mechanism for the amine addition and e
lectron delocalization processes for the concerted [2+4]cyclo-addition
.