Electrochemical and electrophysical properties of aminomethano- and tetrahydropyridino-C 60 -fullerenes

The electrochemical and electrophysical properties of fullerene C 60 derivatives containing an amino group at the methanofullerene bridging carbon atom and a tetrahydropyridine moiety annelated to the fullerene have been determined. The electrochemical reduction of the derivatives was found to proceed less easily than that of C 60 but more easily than that of unsubstituted methano- and pyrrolidinofullerenes.