Supramolecular chemistry fullerenes

Supramolecular chemistry of fullerenes linked or fused with heterocylic fragments 99CSR263. 

A. L. Balch, FuUerenes as encapsulating hosts preparation, detection, and structures of endohedral fullerenes, in Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry (eds J. L. Atwood and J. W. Steed), Marcel Dekker, New York, 2004, p. 579. 

Due to their unique electronic and chemical properties fullerenes have a tremendous potential as building blocks for molecular engineering, new molecular materials and supramolecular chemistry [54, 133], Many examples of fullerene derivatives (Section 14.1), which are promising candidates for nanotechnological or medical applications, have been synthesized already and even more exciting developments are expected. A detailed description of the potential of fullerene derivatives for technological applications would require an extra monograph. Since this book focuses on the chemical properties and the synthetic potential of fullerenes only a few concepts for fullerene based materials will be briefly presented. 

Just by comparing the number of publications on fullerenes (5500 until 1994 and 21500 between 1994 and now) it was immediately clear that the whole literature even that focussing on fullerene chemistry cannot be covered in a single monograph. We had to carefully select and condense the material, refer to the many excellent reviews of specific subjects such as chemistry of higher fullerenes and supramolecular chemistry of fullerenes. 

Hahn U, Cardinal F, Nierengarten J-F. Supramolecular chemistry for the self-assembly of fullerene-rich dendrimers. New J Chem 2007 31 1128-1138. 

Like the currently popular area, called nanoscience , the field of supramolecular chemistry has rather hazy boundaries. Indeed, both areas now share much common ground in terms of the types of systems that are considered. From the beginning, electrochemistry, which provides a powerful complement to spectroscopic techniques, has played an important role in characterizing such systems and this very useful book goes considerably beyond the volume on this same topic by Kaifer and Gomez-Kaifer that was published about 10 years ago. Some of the classic supramolecular chemistry topics such as rotaxanes, catenanes, host-guest interactions, dendrimers, and self-assembled monolayers remain, but now with important extensions into the realms of fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and biomolecules, like DNA. 

Keywords Circular dichroism Fullerenes Host-guest Ion-pairs Sergeants-and-soldiers Supramolecular chemistry Supramolecular polymers... 

Hetero-arrays of porphyrins and phthalocyanines 07CCR2334. Metalloporphyrin hosts for supramolecular chemistry of fullerenes ... 

Supramolecular chemistry of fullerenes can be used to control the interplay of fullerenes in the solid state, for then covalently linking the fullerenes under high pressure and temperature. The pioneeringwork for the synthesis of dumbbell-shaped C120 w ai done by Iwasa et al. This was followed by Sun and Reed preparing a linear polymer o/ covalently linked Cgo molecules. 

Atwood, Davies. MacNicol. and Vogtle Publication of Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry containing contributions from many key groups and summarizing the development and state of the art 1996—Award of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry to Kioto, Smalley, and Curl for their work on the chemistry of the fullerenes 2003—Award of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry to Agre and MacKinnon for their work on channels in cell membranes... 

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