Photolysis of dialkoxy disulfides ROSSOR (R = Me, Et,
i-Pr, t-Bu, i-PrCH2,
t-BuCH2) yields the
radicals RO•, ROS•, and
ROS•O that were identified on the basis of product
analysis and spin
trapping techniques. It has been shown that only the alkoxy
radicals RO•, produced from ROSSOR,
add to the sphere of fullerene C60 in steady state
conditions to yield the RO−C60
• adducts
which
can be detected by ESR spectroscopy. The different trend of the
hydrogen splitting constants in
the RO−C60
• with respect to the
corresponding RS−C60
• adducts previously
reported has been
interpreted as a consequence of the different C−O and C−S bond
lengths.