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Synfacts 2009(7): 0737-0737  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1217219
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Functionalizing Fullerenes

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Trisha L. Andrew
M. Nambo, K. Itami*
Nagoya University and PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Nagoya, Japan
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22 June 2009 (online)

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Significance

The acidity of the C-H bond in ­organo(hydro)fullerenes, such as 1, was exploited to form selected carbon-carbon bonds under palladium catalysis.