Buckminsterfullerene References


General:

Accounts of Chemical Research March, 1992, 25. "Special Issue on Buckminsterfullerenes."

Kroto, H. W. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1992, 31, 111. "C60: Buckminsterfullerene, The Celestial Sphere that Fell to Earth."

Cages:

Baum, R. M. C&E News June 1, 1992, 70, 25. "Flood of Fullerene Discoveries Continues Unabated."

Baum, R. M. C&E News December 5, 1994, 72, 29. "Niobium incorporated into fullerene networks."

Browne, M. W. New York Times March 5, 1993, sec A, p 18, col 5. "Chemists Find Way to Make An `Impossible' Compound."

Kikuchi, K.; Kobayashi, K.; Sueki, K.; Suzuki, S.; Nakahara, H.; Achiba, Y.; Tomura, K.; Katada, M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 9775. "Encapsulation of Radioactive 159Gc and 161Tb Atoms in Fullerene Cages."

Peterson, I. Science News February 27, 1993, 143, 141. "Atoms in buckyball cages. (creating metallofullerenes by trapping lanthanum atoms inside buckyballs)."

Saunders, M.; Jimenez-Vazquez, H. A.; Cross, R. J.; Poreda, R. J. Science 1993, 259, 1428. "Stable Compounds of Helium and Neon: He@C60 and Ne@C60."

Stroh, M. Science News May 30, 1992, 141, 356. "Serendipity yields buckyball trap for gases."

Derivatives:

Baum, R. M. C&E News December 16, 1991, 69, 17. "Systematic Chemistry of C60 Beginning to Emerge."

Baum, R. M. C&E News April 15, 1991, 69, 4. "BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE: Structure of C60 adduct determined."

Hawkins, J. M.; Meyer, A.; Lewis, T. A.; Loren, S.; Hollander, F. J. Science, 1991, 252, 312. "Crystal Structure of Osmylated C60: Confirmation of the Soccer Ball Framework."

Maggini, M.; Scorrano, G.; Prato, M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 9798. "Addition of Azomethine Ylides to C60: Synthesis, Characterization, and Functionalization of Fullerene Pyrrolidines."

Zhang, X.; Foote, C. S. J. Org. Chem. 1994, 59, 5235. "Reaction of C60 with benzocyclobutenol: expeditious route to fullerene adducts."

AIDS:

Baum, R. M. C&E News August 2, 1993, 71, 3. "FULLERENE BIOACTIVITY: C60 derivative inhibits AIDS viruses."

Browne, M. W. New York Times August 3, 1993, sec C, p 8, col 6. "`Buckyball' Molecule May Block AIDS Step."

Friedman, S. H.; DeCamp, D. L.; Sijbesma, R. P.; Srdanov, G.; Wudl, F.; Kenyon, G. L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 6506. "Inhibition of HIV-1 Protease by Fullerene Derivatives: Model Building Studies and Experimental Verification."

Lipkin, R. Science News, August 7, 1993, 144, 87. "Novel buckyball blocks AIDS virus enzyme."

Sijbesma, R.; Srdanov, G.; Wudl, F.; Castoro, J. A.; Wilkins, C.; Friedman, S. H.; DeCamp, D. L. Kenyon, G. L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 6510. "Synthesis of a Fullerene Derivative for the Inhibition of HIV Enzymes."

Buckytubes:

Baum, R. M. C&E News January 4, 1993, 71, 29. "Fullerenes Broaden Scientists' View of Molecular Structure."

Browne, M. W. New York Times November 19, 1991, sec C, p 6, col 4. "Powerful Materials Foreseen."

Browne, M. W. New York Times August 25, 1992, sec C, p 8, col 4. "Molecular `Wires'."

Colbert, D. T.; Zhang, J.; McClure, S. M.; Nikolaev, P.; Chen, Z.; Hafner, J. H.; Owens, D. W.; Kotula, P. G.; Carter, C. B.; Weaver, J. H.; Rinzler, A. G.; Smalley, R. E. Science 1994, 266, 1218. "Growth and Sintering of Fullerene Nanotubes."

Dravid, V. P.; Lin, X.; Wang, Y.; Wang, X. K.: Yee, A.; Ketterson, J. B.; Chang, R. P. H.Science 1993, 259, 1601. "Buckytubes and Derivatives: Their Growth and Implications for Buckyball Formation."