Isolation and spectroscopic characterisation of C60F18CF2, the first difluoromethano[60]fullerene
Abstract
From the fluorination of [60]fullerene by K2PtF6 at 465 °C under 0.1 bar, we have isolated and characterised C60F18CF2 which has Cs symmetry and is isostructural with C60F18O; it co-elutes (HPLC) with a minor unsymmetrical isomer.