Determination of the Electron Density Distribution in the Bonds of a Fullerene Derivative by High-Resolution X-Ray Structure Analysis

✍ Scribed by Hermann Irngartinger; Anton Weber; Thomas Oeser

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 148 KB
• Volume: 38
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0044-8249
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19990503)38:9<1279::aid-anie1279>3.0.co;2-1

✦ Synopsis

Bent bonds in the strained fullerene system, restricted to the [5,6] bonds, were detected by high-resolution X-ray structure analysis of the 1,2-dihydro[60]fullerene derivative 1. In addition the maxima of electron densities are higher in the [6,6] bonds than in the [5,6] bonds-an important finding with respect to the question of the extent of electron delocalization in fullerenes.