Homo- and methano[60]fullerenes with chiral attached moieties--1H and 13C NMR chemical shift assignments and diastereotopicity effects.

(1)H and (13)C NMR chemical shift predictions of homo- and methano[60]fullerenes containing chiral centers in attached fragment were made using the two-dimensional NMR technique (HH COSY, (1)H-(13)C HSQC and HMBC) and the quantum chemistry GIAO calculation method in the PBE/3ζ approach. The influence of a chiral substituent on the (13)C chemical shifts of diastereotopic fullerene carbons was estimated by comparing the calculated and experimental (13)C NMR spectra. The resonances of the fullerene carbons in α-, β- and δ-positions relative to the position of the substituent exhibit the greatest diastereotopic splitting.