Development of functionalization methods  for fullerenes is of significant importance for synthetic organic chemistry and materials science. In their Full Paper on Satoshi Minakata and co‐workers report a straightforward and efficient synthetic method for producing oxazoline‐fused fullerenes, that is fullerooxazoles, from fullerenes with readily available carboxamides and a unique halogenating reagent, tBuOI, under mild reaction conditions. The synthetic reaction involves the visible‐light‐induced cleavage of NI bonds of the intermediate, which results in N,N‐diiodoamides, as a key step.

A direct synthetic method for producing oxazoline‐fused fullerenes, that is, fullerooxazoles, from [60] fullerene and readily available carboxamides by radical pathways has been developed. The method presented allows efficient access to a variety of fullerooxazoles with high functional compatibility under mild reaction conditions. Furthermore, systematic investigation of their properties, such as solubility, thermostability, and electrochemical behavior, was conducted.