Human ovarian carcinoma cells (C70 and C200) made resistant to cisplatin from A2780 cells demonstrated an 20-fold resistance to the drug. These same cell lines showed no collateral resistance (as compared with the wild-type) to a novel glutathione S-transferase activated prodrug { -glutamyl-amino[2-ethylN,N,N ,N -tetrakis (2-chloroethyl) phosphorodiamidate]sulfonyl-propionyl-(R)-( ) phenylglyci...

A purification procedure for C60 from the fullerene extract has been developed using the differential complexation of C60 and C70 with AlCl3 (or its conjugate acid) in CS2 solution. In addition to pure C60 (>99.8%), the procedure also provides C70-enriched fullerene mixture.

The acknowledgement text is corrected in four articles: Li, Wang & Ye [Acta Cryst. (2014), C70, 992-997], Li & Wang [Acta Cryst. (2014), C70, 1054-1056], Li [Acta Cryst. (2015), C71, 65-68] and Li, Wang & Zhou [Acta Cryst. (2015), C71, 93-96].

We describe the existence and structure of large fullerenes in terms of symmetry breaking of the C60 molecule. Specifically, we describe the existence of C70 in terms of breaking of the icosahedral symmetry of C60 by the insertion into its middle of an additional H2 decagon. The surface of C70 is formed by 12 regular pentagons and 25 regular hexagons. All 105 edges of C70 are of the same length...

Self-assembly of multiple building blocks via hydrogen bonds into well-defined nanoconstructs with selective binding function remains one of the foremost challenges in supramolecular chemistry. Here, we report the discovery of a enantiopure nanocapsule that is formed through the self-assembly of eight amino acid functionalised molecules in nonpolar solvents through 48 hydrogen bonds. The nanoca...