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| | Glen P. Miller Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | The thermal instability of these compounds and the lack of cis diastereoselectivity is the addition are both attributed to the large spacing between [60]fullerene moieties. |
 | | Thus, we devised a one-pot, diastereoselective synthesis of the cis,cis-tris[60]fullerene adduct of 6,8,15,17-tetraphenylheptacene, 7, starting from [60]fullerene and 5,7,9,14,16,18-hexahydro-6,8,15,17- tetraphenylheptacene, 8. |
 | | The reaction proceeds in a highly diastereoselective fashion and in 75% crude yield. |
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