Functionalization of fullerene at room temperature: Toward new carbon vectors with improved physicochemical properties

Abstract

In this work, fullerene has been functionalized with cyanuric chloride at room temperature by a nitrene mediated [2 + 1] cycloaddition reaction. The adduct after functionalization is inherently in the form of azafulleroid and shows broad UV absorption in the wavelength range of 200-800 nm, as well as photothermal conversion and fluorescence with a high quantum yield.