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Buckminsterfullerene, C60: Improved synthesis, electron microscopy, electron states, anions and related aspects

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Buckminsterfullerene, obtained in good yields at high rates by a suitably designed generator, has been characterized by electron microscopy and in terms of an approximate energy level diagram; C60 undergoes four reversible one-electron reductions giving rise to anionic species and interacts with tetrathiafulvalene to form a charge-transfer complex in the ground state.

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  1. Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, CSIR Centre of Excellence in Chemistry and Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, 560 012, Bangalore, India

    T. Pradeep, F. D’Souza, G. N. Subbanna, V. Krishnan & C. N. R. Rao

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Pradeep, T., D’Souza, F., Subbanna, G.N. et al. Buckminsterfullerene, C60: Improved synthesis, electron microscopy, electron states, anions and related aspects. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Chem. Sci.) 103, 685–689 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02841070

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