Gas phase derivatization of endohedral metallofullerenes R@C82 and R2@C80 (R = Nd, Ce)

✍ Scribed by Chunyan Hao; Ziyang Liu; Xinghua Guo; Zhiqiang Liu; Wenguo Xu; Yuequan Sun; Shuying Liu

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 81 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0951-4198
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0231(19971015)11:15<1677::aid-rcm926>3.0.co;2-q

✦ Synopsis

Endohedral metallofullerenes Ce@C 82 , Ce 2 @C 80 , Nd@C 82 and Nd 2 @C 80 undergo gas phase ion/molecule reactions with the ion system from self-chemical ionization of vinyl acetate, and exohedral derivatives are thus generated. A new heterocycle is formed from metallofullerenes and a C 2 H 3 O + cation. Endohedral metallofullerenes show much higher reactivities than empty fullerenes during the association and the charge and proton transfer processes. The strong electron-donating character of endohedral metallofullerenes is due to their unique super-atom-like electronic structures.