Since the discovery of buckminsterfullerene C60 (Chart 1) by Kroto, Smalley, and Curl, 1-4 a
number of reports concerning new carbon allotropes having a variety of threedimensional …

Life on earth is based on compounds that have carbon frames and backbones. Today,
chemists have added to the world of biomolecules and biopolymers approximately 107 …

THE conjecture that atoms can be trapped inside closed carbon cages such as the
fullerenes was first made by Kroto et al 1. Mass spectroscopic evidence obtained soon after2 …

Since the initial discovery and subsequent development of the large-scale synthesis of
fullerenes, 1 the in-teraction of these molecules with metals has been of fundamental …

The fullerenes have been established as new and versatile building blocks in organic
chemistry. A large number of fascinating fullerene derivatives, especially of the icosahedral …

FULLERENES with metals encapsulated within the carbon cage have been prepared
recently1–6. Laser vaporization of a lanthanum-impregnated graphite rod yielded an air …

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are a central part of advanced nanomaterials and are used in
state-of-the-art technologies, based on their high tensile strength, excellent thermal transfer …

The production and spectroscopic characterization of fullerene-encapsulated metal-atom
clusters is reported. In particular, both solution and solid-state electron paramagnetic …

“NaOH, EtOH, HjO, room temperature. 6Li, NH3. cAc20, Et3N, DMAP, CH2Cl2,-20 C.
rfNa2C03, MeOH, H20, room temperature.'Swern oxidation.-^ NaOMe, MeOH, room …

The fullerenes, hailed as one of the discoveries of the century, have created whole new
fields of organic/organometallic chemistry and of physics. Together with the related …