[60]Fullerene-fused lactones: manganese(III) acetate-mediated synthesis and novel reductive ring opening

Guan-Wu Wang; Fa-Bao Li; Ting-Hu Zhang

doi:10.1021/ol060090y

[60]Fullerene-fused lactones: manganese(III) acetate-mediated synthesis and novel reductive ring opening

Org Lett. 2006 Mar 30;8(7):1355-8. doi: 10.1021/ol060090y.

Authors

Guan-Wu Wang¹, Fa-Bao Li, Ting-Hu Zhang

Affiliation

¹ Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, PRC. gwang@ustc.edu.cn

PMID: 16562890
DOI: 10.1021/ol060090y

Abstract

[reaction: see text] [60]Fullerene-fused lactones were prepared by the manganese(III) acetate-mediated reactions of [60]fullerene with carboxylic acids, carboxylic anhydrides, or malonic acids. Novel reductive ring opening of the lactones with Grignard reagents was observed.