NEW STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF CHEMICALLY MODIFIED FULLERENES. Alan L. Balch, Marilyn M. Olmstead, David A. Costa, Arwa Ginwalla, David Lane, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.

Recent results of structural work on chemically modified fullerenes that bear organometallic or organic functionalities covalently bonded to the fullerene surface will be described. Emphasis will be placed on the characterization of fullerene oxides and oxidation products (i.e. C₇₀O) and on addition products where Vaska's Compound, Ir(CO)Cl(PR₃)₂, is used to prepare suitable crystalline samples.