Contents Preface Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1.1 The Discovery of C60 1 1.2 The Property of C60 2 1.3 The Reactivity of C60 4 1.4 The Physical and Chemical Properties of Higher Fullerenes 6 Chapter 2 Isolation of C76, C78 and C84 Isomers 32 2.1 General 32 2.2 The Isolation of C76, C78 and C84 32 Chapter 3 Chemical Functionalization of Higher Fullerenes 40 3.1 The Reaction of C76 with Disilirane 40 3.2 The Reaction of C78 with Disilirane 52 3.3 The Reaction of C84 with Disilirane 67 Chapter 4 Chemical Functionalization of C60 80 4.1 Synthesis of a Novel C60 Dimer Connected by a Germanium Bridge 80 4.2 Synthesis and Characterization of the Fullerene-terthiophene Dyads 84 4.3 Synthesis and Characterization of Methanofullerenes 92 Chapter 5 Summary 98 References 100