Cover Feature: Synthesis and Conformational Analysis of Fullerene Torsion Balances for Assessing the Contribution of Dispersion and Anionic Character in Non‐Covalent Arene–Fullerene Interactions (Chem. Eur. J. 44/2023)

Abstract

A series of fullerene-derived molecular torsion balances have been synthesized to quantitatively evaluate the contribution of the dispersion force to the arene—fullerene interaction. The torsion balance with a mercaptophenyl group was converted to the corresponding thiophenolate anion by adding an amine. Consequently, the anionic arene—fullerene interactions were elucidated. More information can be found in the Research Article by M. Yamada and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300877).