edited by Roger Taylor (University of Sussex, UK)

The closed-cage carbon molecules known as fullerenes provide an entirely new branch of chemistry, materials science, and physics. Fullerene research is now engaging the frenetic attention of thousands of scientists. Initially, the chemistry was relatively slow to develop due to the low availability of material, and the need for state-of-the-art instrumentation for product analysis. This research area is now very definitely up-and-running, and will soon become the main focus of attention in the fullerene field. The number of published papers already runs into hundreds, and the main features of fullerene reactivity have been established. This book describes all of the known types of reactions as well as the means of production, the purification, and the properties of fullerenes.

• Introduction and Nomenclature
• Fullerene Production (L D Lamb)
• Properties of Fullerenes (R Taylor)
• Hydrogenated Fullerenes (P A Cahill)
• Chemical Transformation of C₆₀ into Water-Soluble Polyhydroxylated Fullerene Derivatives (L Y Chiang)
• Fluorination (J H Holloway & E G Hope)
• Iodination, Bromination and Chlorination (R Taylor)
• Aryl Derivatives of Fullerenes (R Taylor)
• Fulleroids, Methanofullerenes and Oxa, Aza-, and Sila-Homologues (M Prato & F Wudl)
• Cycloadditions to C₆₀ (M S Meier)
• Formation of Anions and Electrophilic Addition (R Taylor)
• Nucleophilic Addition and Substitution (R Taylor)
• Radical Additions to Fullerenes: Fullerenyl Radicals (R Taylor)
• Reactions of Fullerenes with Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds (A L Balch)
• Fullerene-Containing Polymers