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The Reactivity of C60 in Fuming Sulfuric and Chlorosulfonic Acids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

G.P. Miller
Affiliation:
Corporate Research Laboratory, Exxon Research & Engineering Company, Route 22 E, Annandale, N.J. 08801
M.A. Buretea
Affiliation:
Corporate Research Laboratory, Exxon Research & Engineering Company, Route 22 E, Annandale, N.J. 08801
J.W. Swirczewski
Affiliation:
Corporate Research Laboratory, Exxon Research & Engineering Company, Route 22 E, Annandale, N.J. 08801
J.M. McConnachie
Affiliation:
Corporate Research Laboratory, Exxon Research & Engineering Company, Route 22 E, Annandale, N.J. 08801
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Abstract

C60 is sultonated in fuming sulfuric acid and chlorinated in chlorosulfonic acid. Both reactions involve initial oxidation of C60 followed by in situ trapping of electrophilic C60 cation.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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