The structure of C60Ph5Cl and C60Ph5H, formed via electrophilic aromatic substitution

Anthony G. Avent, Paul R. Birkett, Jonathan D. Crane, Adam D. Darwish, G. John Langley, Harold W. Kroto, Roger Taylor, David R. M. Walton

Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1994 · 69 citations · 3 references

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Abstract

Reaction of C60Cl6 with benzene/FeCl3yields C60Ph5Cl which is readily reduced to C60Ph5H, the main product of reacting C60 with Br2/FeCl3/benzene; both compounds have been characterised by NMR spectroscopy.

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