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Fluorination of buckminsterfullerene

  • John H. Holloway*
  • , Eric G. Hope
  • , Roger Taylor
  • , G. John Langley
  • , Anthony G. Avent
  • , T. John Dennis
  • , Jonathan P. Hare
  • , Harold W. Kroto
  • , David R.M. Walton
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Leicester
  • University of Sussex
  • University of Southampton

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Abstract

Fluorination of solid C60 with fluorine gas proceeds in a stepwise manner to give, after twelve days (10 mg scale), a colourless derivative indicated by a single line 19F NMR spectrum to be C 60F60; reaction time is quantity dependent.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)966-969
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
Issue number14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1991
Externally publishedYes

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