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An unexpected Diels-Alder reaction on the fullerene core rather than an expected 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition
Jean-François Eckert1, Cyril Bourgogne, Jean-François Nierengarten
1Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, Groupe des Matériaux Organiques, Université Louis Pasteur et CNRS, 23 rue du Loess, 67037 Strasbourg, France.
Abstract:
Fullerene derivatives resulting from an unexpected Diels-Alder cycloaddition have been obtained by reaction of trans-2-stilbenecarboxaldehyde derivatives with N-methylglycine and C60.