Bismalonates Constructed on a Hexaphenylbenzene Scaffold for the Synthesis of Equatorial Fullerene Bisadducts (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 23/2009)

The cover picture shows a sun-shaped hexaphenylbenzene unit shining over the equator of a fullerene spheroid. This macrocyclic fullerene bisadduct with an equatorial addition pattern was obtained with excellent regioselectivity from the reaction of C60 with a bismalonate constructed on a hexaphenylbenzene scaffold. Details are discussed in the article by J.-F. Nierengarten et al. on p. 3879 ff.