Transition Metal Salt-Mediated Radical Reactions of [60]Fullerene

Various transition metal salts have been employed to the radical reactions of [60]fullerene (C-60). The present review article covers the reactions of C-60 with active methylene compounds, methyl ketones, beta-enamino carbonyl compounds, carboxylic acid derivatives, and diallylamines in the presence of Mn(OAc)(3)center dot 2H(2)O affording the singly bonded fullerene dimers, 1,4-adducts and 1,16-adduct of C-60, C-60-fused dihydrofurans, methanofullerenes, C-60-fused pyrrolines, C-60-fused lactones, fullerenyl ester derivatives, and C-60-fused pyrrolidines as well as the transformation of ArC60-H into ArC60-OAc by Mn(OAc)3 center dot 2H(2)O. Radical reactions of C-60 promoted by other transition metal salts including copper(II), lead(IV), iron(III), ruthenium(II/III), tungsten(VI), cerium(IV) salts are also described.