Facile synthesis of isomerically pure fullerenols and formation of spherical aggregates from C60(OH)8

Zhang, Gang; Liu, Yun; Liang, Dehai; Gan, Liangbing; Li, Yuliang

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Facile synthesis of isomerically pure fullerenols and formation of spherical aggregates from C60(OH)8

Date

2010-07-19

Authors

Abstract

Octahydroxy fullerene C60(OH)8 (see picture) is among the isomerically pure fullerenols with two to eight OH groups that were prepared by selective transformation of fert-butylperoxo groups of fullerene mixed peroxides. Since C60(OH)8 has all OH groups on the same hemisphere, it is amphiphilic and forms stable spherical aggregates in water. (Figure Presented)