Preparation and Structural Characterization of Two Kinetically Stable Chlorofullerenes, C60Cl28 and C60Cl30

On the way: Chlorination of C60 with ICl or VCl4 results in the formation of two novel chlorofullerenes, C1-C60Cl28 and C2-C60Cl30, respectively, which comprise two aromatic rings and two chains of sp3-hybridized carbon atoms that bear chlorine atoms (the picture shows C60Cl30; Cl green). These molecules are kinetically stable intermediates on the way from C60Cl24 to the thermodynamically stable D3d-C60Cl30.