“…[19] Racemic, C 3 -symmetrical adducts of C 60 with the inherently chiral e,e,e addition pattern were obtained by Hirsch and co-workers through addition of achiral tripodal conjugates having trimalonates linked to a benzene-1,3,5-trimethylene or a benzene-1,3,5-trioxy core. [28,29] Addition of the macromonocycle tris(octamethylene) cyclotrimalonate to C 60 provided the C 3 -symmetrical e,e,e tris-adduct in high yields, and the achiral C 3v -symmetrical trans-4,trans-4,trans-4 derivative as a minor product. [30] A chiral cyclotrimalonate with enantiomerically pure spacer units derived from -mannitol afforded C 3 -symmetrical adducts in a 4:1 ratio as separable diastereoisomers with enantiomeric e,e,e fullerene addition patterns.…”