Triumphene

Triumphene is a fluorinated and phenylated fullerene derivative.{{cite journal

|author1=O. V. Boltalina |author2=R. Taylor |author3=J. M. Street | title = Formation of triumphene, C60F15Ph3: first member of a new trefoil-shaped class of phenylated [60]fullerenes

| journal = Chem. Commun.

| volume =

| issue = 17

| pages = 1827–1828

| year = 1998

| doi = 10.1039/a805340e}}{{cite journal

| author = A. D. Darwish, A. G. Avent, A. K. Abdul-Sada, I. V. Goldt, P. B. Hitchcock, I. V. Kuvytchko, R. Taylor

| title = Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution by the Fluorofullerene C60F18

| journal = Chemistry: A European Journal

| volume = 10

| issue = 18

| pages = 4523–4531

| doi = 10.1002/chem.200400036

| year = 2004

| pmid = 15378631}} It was first synthesized in 1998 by Boltalina, Street, and Taylor by reaction of C60F18 in a benzene-FeCl3 solution for two weeks at room temperature. It is the first trefoil-shaped phenylated [60]fullerene, providing a unique scaffold for the potential use in nanoscale imaging agents.

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