Photoreactions between [60]fullerene and various aromatic tertiary amines

The photoreactions of [60]fullerene with aromatic tertiary amines such as N,N-dimethylaniline and N,N-dimethyl-1-naphthylamine gave two or three types of [60]fullerene adducts. The reaction efficiency in the series of p-substituted N,N-dimethylanilines remarkably increased with increasing electron-donating properties of aromatic tertiary amines employed.