COMPLEXES OF FULLERENES WITH HOST MOLECULES. Jerry L. Atwood, Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 6091 S. College Ave., Columbia, MO 65211

Because of the shape and symmetry of C₆₀, crystallographic structure determinations often involve problems, such as disorder. Host-guest complexes of C₆₀ and calixarenes and cyclotriveratrylenes (CTV) have provided ways of ordering the fullerene. In this discussion I will address the strategy for the complexation of C₆₀, C₇₀, and higher fullerenes. Specifically, attention will be paid to the matching of symmetry of the fullerene with the host molecule.