Organic Letters 2012-04-06

Fullerenyl boronic esters: ferric perchlorate-mediated synthesis and functionalization.

Fa-Bao Li, Xun You, Tong-Xin Liu, Guan-Wu Wang

Index: Org. Lett. 7th ed., 14 , 1800-1803, (2012)

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Abstract

Fullerenyl boronic esters have been prepared by a ferric perchlorate-promoted reaction of [60]fullerene with various arylboronic acids. The obtained fullerenyl boronic esters could undergo further functionalization with diols to afford C(60)-fused dioxane/dioxepane derivatives. A possible reaction mechanism for the formation of fullerenyl boronic esters has been proposed.