Chemistry Letters, Vol.29, No.9, 1016-1017, 2000
The mechanochemical synthesis and properties of the fullerene trimer C-180
A solid-state reaction of C-60 with 4-aminopyridine as a catalyst under high-speed vibration milling conditions afforded fullerene trimer C-180, which was characterized by IR and UV-vis spectroscopies as well as the APCI mass spectroscopy of the cyanated derivative.