Dy. Sun et al., GAS-PHASE DERIVATIONS OF ENDOHEDRAL METALLOFULLERENES BY ION-MOLECULAR REACTIONS, Fullerene science and technology, 5(7), 1997, pp. 1461-1477
Gas phase ion-molecular reactions of endohedral metallofullerenes with
the self-chemical ionization ion system of vinyl acetate, benzene and
acetone in the ion source of the mass spectrometer have been studied.
Several derivatized endohedral metallofullerene cations [M@C-82-C2H3O
](+), [M-2@C-80-C2H3O](+), [M@C-82-C6H6](+) and [M@C-82-CO-CH3](+) are
observed as the major products. The experimental results indicate tha
t endohedral metallofullerenes have active gas phase reactivities and
can be efficiently derivatized by some small organic cations.