Combinatorial Synthesis of Exohedrally Modified Fullerene Derivatives
Fulleropyrrolidines have been very welcomed in a community of a fullerene science. But sometimes the synthesis ends up with disappointing yields of the products. In order to overcome the problem and to explore more environmentally benign method for synthesizing fullerene derivatives having various attachment on the surface of the fullerenes, a solid-phase synthesis is examined. We found that the dipolar cycloaddition of an azomethine ylide, i.e., 2-phenyl-N-benzylideneglycine methyl ester, supported on a Wang resin, proceeded feasibly with C 60 and the objective fulleropyrrolidines were afforded in good yields (>75%). The method is expected to be utilized with wide range of application and it is therefore able to provide a compound library of modified fullerenes which is hard to obtain by other methods employed so far.