Hydrogen-bonding motifs - Implementation of this versatile functionality into fullerene chemistry

Abstract The combination of fullerenes and hydrogen‐bonding motifs is a new interdisciplinary field in which weak intermolecular forces allow modulation of one‐, two‐, and three‐dimensional fullerene‐based architectures and control of their function. This Minireview aims to extend the scope of fullerene chemistry to a truly supramolecular level from which unprecedented architectures may evolve. It is shown that electronic communication in C 60 ‐based hydrogen‐bonded donor–acceptor ensembles is at least as strong as that found in covalently connected systems and that hydrogen‐bonding fullerene chemistry is a versatile concept for the construction of functional ensembles.