Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1998, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (6): 858.

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Studies on the Rapid Preparation of Fullerols and Its Formation Mechanism

LI Tian-Bao1, HUANG Ke-Xiong1, LI Xin-Hai1, JIANG Han-Ying1, LI Jing1, YAN Xing-Zhong2, LI Jun2, ZHAO Shan-Kai2   

  1. 1. Institute of Metallurgy Physicochemistry and New Chemical Materials, Central South University of Technology, Changsha, 410083;
    2. The Centreof Analysis and Testing, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, 510275
  • Received:1998-01-06 Online:1998-06-24 Published:1998-06-24

Abstract: In this paper, we introduce a very rapid preparation method to produce water soluble C60 derivatives——fullerols by the reaction of C60 with aqueous NaOH and H2O2 in the presence of tetrabutylammonium hydroxide(TBAH) as the catalyst, and the reaction is accelerated very much and the reaction time is shortened from 1~3 d to 1~3 h by adding H2O2 to replace O2 in the air as the oxidant. FTIR, 1H NMR and MALDI-TOF-MS proved the multi hydroxy and C60 cage structure of the products. The hydroxylated fullerere epoxide——the intermediate which is very easy to hydrolyze to become fullerols was obtained, and the formation mechanism of fulleols was put forward.

Key words: C60, Fullerols, Rapid preparation, Hydroxylated fullerene epoxides, Mechanism

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