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In the Laboratory
Purification and Modification of Fullerene C60 in the Undergraduate Laboratory
Tracey Spencer, Barney Yoo, and Kent Kirshenbaum
Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY 10003
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August 2006
Vol. 83 No. 8
p. 1218
Abstract
We describe an experiment for the undergraduate chemistry laboratory encompassing extraction and column purification of buckminsterfullerene C60 from fullerene-rich soot followed by a one-pot 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of an azomethine ylide to C60. The fullerene N-methyl pyrrolidine product is then purified by silica gel chromatography. Characterization of the starting material and product can be performed by UV–vis, MS, 1H NMR, and 13C NMR. This laboratory utilizes fundamental experimental techniques while exposing students to developing opportunities in fullerene research. The experimental procedures are straightforward and require materials of relatively low cost.
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 Spencer, Tracey; Yoo, Barney; Kirshenbaum, Kent. J. Chem. Educ. 2006 83 1218.
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 Aromatic Compounds; Chromatography; Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives; Laboratory Instruction; Nanotechnology; NMR Spectroscopy; Organic Chemistry; Reactions; Second-Year Undergraduate; Synthesis; UV-Vis Spectroscopy
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