Keywords: DIED in 2006 Fullerene. Synthesis of non-planar aromatic hydrocarbons, including fragments related to C60. Chemical reactions and synthesis of C60 and other large carbon cage molecules. Synthesis of new organometallic compounds for thermal and photochemical studies of the formation of metal films by metal-organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) - especially films of Silicon and Germanium. Kinetic studies of electrophilic aromatic substitution and gas phase elimination. Reactivity of C60 and fragments. Theoretical prediction of reactivity patterns, structures and stabilities of fullerenes and their derivatives.
