TY - JOUR TI - A New Family of Fullerene Derivatives Bearing Long Alkyl and Triethyleneglycol Moieties AU - Eleftherios K. Pefkianakis AU - Victoria S. Manthou AU - Patrina Paraskevopoulou AU - Georgios Sakellariou AU - Georgios C. Vougioukalakis JO - ChemistrySelect PY - 2016 VL - 1 TODO - 6 SP - 1232--1238 PB - Wiley SN - 2365-6549 TODO - 10.1002/slct.201600405 TODO - fullerenes; cycloaddition; quinodimethanes; cyclic voltametry; photovoltaics TODO - Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization of four novel fullerene C-60 derivatives. The carbon cage of these C-60 derivatives is decorated with one or two dodecyl or triethylene glycol tails, through the appropriately modified ortho-xyleno bridge, by utilizing the Diels-Alder reaction of C-60 with the corresponding especially designed, novel, in situ-prepared ortho-quinodimethanes. Two different synthetic approaches were de-signed and followed for the preparation of these adducts. All fullerene derivatives were characterized via H-1-and C-13-NMR, matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization mass spectrometry, as well as, by FT-IR and UV-Vis spectroscopies and cyclic voltammetry. All adducts exert very high solubility in common organic solvents like chloroform, tetrahydrofuran, and toluene. ER -