Fullerenes

Foreword. Preface of Chemistry of the by Andreas Hirsch (1994). Abbreviations. 1 Parent Fullerenes. 1.1 Fullerenes: Molecular Allotropes of Carbon. 1.2 Discovery of the Fullerenes. 1.3 Fullerene Production. 1.4 Separation and Purification. 1.5 Properties. References. 2 Reduction. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Fulleride Anions. 2.3 Reductive Electrosynthesis. 2.4 Reduction with Metals. 2.5 Reduction with Organic Donor Molecules. References. 3 Nucleophilic Additions. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Addition of Carbon Nucleophiles. 3.3 Addition of Amines. 3.4 Addition of Hydroxide and Alkoxides. 3.5 Addition of Phosphorus Nucleophiles. 3.6 Addition of Silicon and Germanium Nucleophiles. 3.7 Addition of Macromolecular Nucleophiles…