Fullerenes cycloaddition with

Solid-state [4 + 2] cycloaddition of fullerene C60 with condensed aromatics using a high-speed vibration milling technique [100]... 

Cycloaddition with nitrile oxides occur with compounds of practically any type with a C=C bond alkenes and cycloalkenes, their functional derivatives, dienes and trienes with isolated, conjugated or cumulated double bonds, some aromatic compounds, unsaturated and aromatic heterocycles, and fullerenes. The content of this subsection is classified according to the mentioned types of dipolarophiles. Problems of relative reactivities of dienophiles and dipoles, regio- and stereoselectivity of nitrile oxide cycloadditions were considered in detail by Jaeger and... 

Fullerenes Cycloaddition reactions are very popular for functionalization of fullerenes. Such reactions of fullerenes are compiled and discussed in detail in Reference 253. During the last 10 to 15 years, several communications appeared concerning [3 + 2] cycloaddition of nitrile oxides to fullerene C60- Nitrile oxides, generated in the presence of C60, form products of 1,3-cycloaddition, fullerene isoxazolines, for example, 89. The products were isolated by gel permeation chromatography and appear by and 13 C NMR spectroscopy to be single isomers. Yields of purified products are ca 30%. On the basis of 13C NMR, structures with Cs symmetry are proposed. These products result from addition of the nitrile oxide across a 6,6 ring fusion (254). 

Similarly, other cycloadducts of nitrile oxides with C6o were synthesized. The cycloadducts were characterized by 13C NMR spectroscopy and high-resolution fast atom bombardment (FAB) mass spectrometry. It should be mentioned that X-ray structure determination of the 3-(9-anthryl)-4,5-dihydroisoxazole derivative of C6o, with CS2 included in the crystals, was achieved at 173 K (255). Cycloaddition of fullerene C60 with the stable 2-(phenylsulfonyl)benzonitrile oxide was also studied (256). Fullerene formed with 2-PhSC>2C6H4CNO 1 1 and 1 2 adducts. The IR, NMR, and mass spectra of the adducts were examined. Di(isopropoxy)phosphorylformonitrile oxide gives mono- and diadducts with C60 (257). Structures of the adducts were studied using a combination of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), semiempirical PM3 calculations, and the dipole moments. 

Electroactive 3-(N-phenylpyrazolyl)fullereno[l,2-r/]isoxazolines have been synthesized by using 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of pyrazole nitrile oxides, generated in situ, to Cgo at elevated temperature or microwave irradiation. The cyclic voltammetry measurements show a strong donor pyrazole ring, and a better acceptor ability of the fullerene moiety than the parent C60 (538). Treating fullerene Cgo with mesitonitrile oxide in toluene gives fullerene-nitrile oxide adduct, which is supposed to be useful for electrical and optical components (539). 

These cycloadditions with o-quinodimethanes provide a broad variety of useful fullerene functionalizations, since o-quinodimethanes can be prepared using several routes and the resulting cycloadducts are thermally stable [42], There exist several alternatives to the iodide-induced bromine 1,4-elimination of 1,2-bis (bromomethyl)-benzenes [44-47]. o-Quinodimethanes have been prepared by thermolysis of 3-isochromanone (42) [43], benzocyclobutenes (43) [48-50], isobenzothiophene 2,2-dioxides (44) [42] and sultines [51,52] or by photolysis of o-alkylphenones such as 45 [53-55] and could be added to Cjq in good yields (Scheme 4.7). Indene, thermally rearranged to isoindene, also adds to Cjq in similar fashion to quinodimethanes [56]. 

In analogy to olefins, Cjq undergoes a broad variety of cycloadditions (see Chapter 4 and Scheme 14.3). In many cases cycloadducts of Cjq exhibit the same stability as the corresponding non-fullerene based adducts. These reactions are very useful for the introduction of fimctionat groups. Among the most important cycloadditions are [4-1-2] cycloadditions such as Diels-Alder and hetero-Diels-Alder reactions, where Cjq reacts always as dienophile, [3-1-2] cycloadditions with 1,3 dipoles, thermal or photochemical [2-1-2] cycloadditions, [2-t-l] cycloadditions and others, for example, [8-1-2] cycloadditions. Among these general reactions several examples deserve special attention, since they reflect characteristic chemical properties of Cjq [36] ... 

Diazo compounds also undergo cycloaddition with fullerenes [for reviews, see (104),(105)]. These reactions are HOMO(dipole)-LUMO(fullerene) controlled. The initial A -pyrazoline 42 can only be isolated from the reaction of diazomethane with [60]fullerene (106) (Scheme 8.12) or higher substituted derivatives of Ceo (107). Loss of N2 from the thermally labile 42 resulted in the formation of the 6,5-open 1,2-methanofullerene (43) (106). On the other hand, photolysis produced a 4 3 mixture of 43 and the 6,6-closed methanofullerene (44) (108). The three isomeric pyrazolines obtained from the reaction of [70]fullerene and diazomethane behaved analogously (109). With all other diazo compounds so far explored, no pyrazoline ring was isolated and instead the methanofullerenes were obtained directly. As a typical example, the reaction of Cgo with ethyl diazoacetate yielded a mixture of two 6,5-open diastereoisomers 45 and 46 as well as the 6,6-closed adduct 47 (110). In contrast to the parent compound 43, the ester-substituted structures 45 and 46, which are formed under kinetic control, could be thermally isomerized into 47. The fomation of multiple CPh2 adducts from the reaction of Ceo and diazodiphenylmethane was also observed (111). The mechanistic pathway that involves the extrusion of N2 from pyrazolino-fused [60]fullerenes has been investigated using theoretical methods (112). 

Fullerene, Cgo, undergoes photochemical 2 + 2-cycloaddition with /V,A-diethyl-4-methylpent-3-en-l-yn-l-amine to produce the stable Cgo-fused cyclobutenamine that is photo-oxidized to the dihydrofullerenone amide in high yield.15 The photochemical 2 + 2-cycloaddition of arylalkenes with Cgo has been shown to occur by a two-step mechanism involving the formation of a dipolar or diradical intermediate in the rate-determining step.16 The 2 + 2-photo-cycloaddition of cis- and irons-1 -(/j-methoxyphen-yl)-l-propene to C6o produces only trans-2 + 2-adduct. This is consistent with a two-step mechanism.17 The 2 + 2-photo-cycloaddition of cyclic 1,3-diones to Cgo results in the formation of two furanylfullerenes, one chiral and the other achiral. None of the expected De Mayo cyclooctane-1,3-dione addition products were formed.18... 

Thiopyran-2-thione 334, derived from tetrathiafulvalene by loss of CS2, undergoes a [2+2] cycloaddition with the fullerene C60F18 involving the more electron rich 5,6-double bond (Equation 63) <2003CEJ2008>. 

The covalent assembly of functional Jt-systems is a general synthetic principle and in some cases they can even be achieved in a multi-component fashion. One of the most impressive examples is the very elegant access to covalently linked donor-fullerene arrangements by 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions with in situ-generated azomethine ylids [59]. However, here only the multi-component de novo synthesis of the chromophore structures will be considered. The major developments have been achieved in condensation-based and cross-coupling strategies. 

Nakamura disclosed recently a formal [4+2] cycloaddition of pentaarylbromo-fullerene 245 with a large variety of arylalkynes 246 catalyzed by 20 mol% of Cul in the presence of pyridine and sodium acetate as a base (Fig. 65) [338]. The reaction provided fullerene-annulated dihydronaphthalenes 247 in 78-94% yield. 

M4604>. The synthesis of a fullerene embedded with a furan motif was reported, which was confirmed by a single crystal X-ray analysis <07OL1741>. Tandem Wittig reaction-intramolecular Diels-Alder cycloaddition of 2-furfural provided tricyclic furans, which may serve as precursors in the synthesis of furanosesquiterpenes <07TL3517>. 

In the thermal reaction of fluorinated fullerene (C60F18) with tetrathiafulvalene (180, TTF), a thiin-2-thione adduct 181 was isolated as a minor product. This is believed to form by a cycloaddition of thiin-2-thione 182 (formed by elimination of CS2 from TTF) with the initial adduct (C60F16-TTF) of C60F18 with TTF (Scheme 38) [113]. A convenient (although low-yield) method for the preparation of 6-arylthiin-2-thione 183 has been reported (Eq. 36) [114]. 

MOBs reactive with cyclohexa-2,4-dienones undergo Diels-Alder cycloadditions with [60]fullerene to produce hitherto unknown, stable, and highly functionalized bicyclo-[2.2.2]-octenone derivatives. In light of the mild conditions and considerable generality, these reactions are certainly noteworthy... 

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