Homolytic reactive mass spectrometry of fullerenes: interaction of C60 and C70 with organo- and organoelement mercurials in the electron impact ion source of a mass spectrometer; EPR, CIDEP, and MS studies of several analogous reactions of C60 performed in solution.

Interaction of C(60) with organo- and organoelement mercurials (CF(3)HgBr, PhHgBr, p-CH(3)C(6)H(4)HgBr, p-CH(3)OC(6)H(4)HgCl, CF(3)HgPh, Ph(2)Hg, (o-carborane-9-yl)(2)Hg, (m-carborane-9-yl)(2)Hg, (p-carborane-9-yl)(2)Hg, and (m-carborane-9-yl)HgCl) in the ionization chamber (IC) of the electron impact (EI) ion source of a mass spectrometer at 250-300 degrees C results in the transfer of the corresponding organic or organoelement radicals from the mercurials to the fullerene. Some of the processes are accompanied by hydrogen addition. C(70) reacts with Ph(2)Hg and (o-carborane-9-yl)(2)Hg at 300 degrees C in a similar fashion.