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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 10, Issue 7, Pages 3689-3693Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c9ra09804f
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- MINECO of Spain [MAT 2014-54378-R]
- European Regional Development Fund [MAT 2014-54378-R]
- Junta de Castilla y Leon [VA021G18]
- CONACyT-Mexico [180523, 163234]
- CONACyT [CB-2012/180523]
- LE STUDIUM Research Fellowship
- European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant [665790]
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The chemical synthesis of C-60 fullerene in the laboratory is still a challenge. In order to achieve this goal, we propose a synthetic route based on the dimerization between two pentacyclopentacorannulene (C30H10) fragments employing the Diels-Alder cycloaddition reaction. Density functional calculations indicate that a step wise non-concerted dimerization mechanism of C30H10 is favored over a one stage dimerization. The step wise dimerization implies the sequential formation of 2, 4, 6, and 10 new C-C bonds between the two fragments. This leads to the formation of the Diels-Alder cycloadduct C60H20. The results then suggest the synthesis of C60H20 as a precursor for C-60. The synthesis of the analogue C60F20 has already been reported.
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