Synthesis of a C56H40O molecule having a 54-carbon framework represented on the surface of C60

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Kung K. Wang, kung.wang@mail.wvu.edu, Hua Yang, and Jeffrey L. Petersen. C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, PO BOX 6045, Morgantown, WV 26506
The SOCl2-induced cyclization reactions of 1 followed by reduction produced 2 having a 54-carbon framework represented on the surface of C60.