Methylated and Phenylated C60 from Fluorinated Fullerene Precursors

Abstract C 60 has been fluorinated with F 2 to yield a product which consists mostly of C 60 F 44 . This species was then reacted with methyl and phenyl lithium reagents to yield the respective methylated and phenylated nucleophilic substitution products. These products have been confirmed and characterized by IR, 1 H -NMR and mass spectroscopies.