Carbon arcing, CVD, and other processes utilized to produce single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) operate at temperatures in excess of 500 degrees C, often in excess of 1000 degrees C. At these temperatures, selectivity is compromised and a wide variety of SWNT structures (and properties) result. Length, diameter and chirality vary from tube to tube. We have proposed an alternative, low temperature method to construct single walled nanotubular compounds by preparing and then oligomerizing cyclacenes. Cyclacenes are cyclic acenes that map directly onto zig-zag carbon nanotubes. Here, we describe progress toward the formation of a novel bis[60]fullerene adduct of pentacene that can be used as a precursor to phenyl substituted cyclacenes, and ultimately single walled nanotubular compounds with uniform dimensions and properties.