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Preparation and photophysical studies of a fluorous phase-soluble fullerene derivative
Stephen R Wilson1, Michael E Yurchenko, David I Schuster
1Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|February 28, 2002
Abstract:
We report the first synthesis of a well-characterized "Teflon ponytail" fullerene adduct (3) via the Hirsch-Bingel reaction with a malonate bearing two perfluorinated alkyl chains. This C3 tris-adduct shows excellent solubility in perfluorinated solvents, such as FC-72 and FC-75. Compound 3 was found to be an efficient sensitizer for singlet oxygen formation in fluorous media, which has potential in biphasic systems and in photobiology.

