BIMOLECULAR RADICAL FORMATION THROUGH H-TRANSFER .3. TRANSFER HYDROGENATION AND DEUTERATION OF BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE C-60 BY 9,10-DIHYDROANTHRACENE AND 9,9',10,10'[D(4)]DIHYDROANTHRACENE

An efficient and simple method for the synthesis of two uniform buckminsterfullerene hydrogenation products, C60H18 and C60H36, is offered by the title reaction. The picture on the right shows a probable structure of C60H36 obtained from MM2 calculations. These results are an important step on the way to preparative organic chemistry with C60. (Figure Presented.) Copyright © 1993 by VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Germany