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Fullerene polymerization caused by addition of an alkylating agent was discovered. Alkylation of fullerene with primary or secondary butyllithium gave both mono- and polynuclear products (polyfullerenes). The polymerization rate of the intermediates Bu n C60Li n (n < 6) is nearly the same as the rate of the addition of BuLi to fullerene. Molecules C60 can polymerize as well; however, the rate of this reaction is much lower than the polymerization rate of the reactive intermediate species.
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Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1480–1482, July, 2011.
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Atovmyan, E.G., Grishchuk, A.A. & Fedotova, T.N. Polymerization of [60]fullerene activated with butyllithium. Russ Chem Bull 60, 1505–1507 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11172-011-0224-6
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