Synthesis of a Crushed Fullerene C60H24 through Sixfold Palladium-Catalyzed Arylation

Abstract

The synthesis of a new C3v‐symmetric crushed fullerene C60H24 (5) has been accomplished in three steps from truxene through sixfold palladium‐catalyzed intramolecular arylation of a syn‐trialkylated truxene precursor. Laser irradiation of 5 induces cyclodehydrogenation processes that result in the formation of C60, as detected by LDI‐MS.