Synthesis and Complex Crystal Structure of C60 with Symmetrical Donor of 2,3,6,7,10,11-Hexamethoxytriphenylene (HMT)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1994.981

We have successfully synthesized the complex of C60 fullerene with a three-fold symmetrical donor of 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexamethoxytriphenylene (HMT).All spectroscopic data, and analyses support the chemical composition of this complex as C60(HMT)2.Individually, each C60 fullerene sphere was found to be surrounded by four HMT molecules in distinctive tetrahedral arrangement.The closest distance from one C60 centroid to the next C60 centroid in the adjacent chain is 13.099 Angstroem.