Hybrid Nanostructures Based on Mono(amino Acid) Derivatives of Fullerene C60 and Vitamin B12

This minireview highlights the author's own works on the synthesis and investigations of the properties of hybrid nanostructures (HNSs) based on mono(amino acid) derivatives of fullerene C60 and vitamin B12. The synthetic routes to monoderivatives of fullerene C60 with various amino acids and the methods for obtaining their hybrid nanostructures with vitamin B12 derivatives were developed. The structures of the resulting compounds and the sizes of their nanoparticles were studied by different physicochemical methods. It was shown that the HNSs with catalytically active derivatives of vitamin B12 retain the activity in the autoxidation of ascorbic acid, which is characteristic of some derivatives of vitamin B12.