Properties of endohedral N@C60

✍ Scribed by B. Pietzak; M. Waiblinger; T.Almeida Murphy; A. Weidinger; M. Höhne; E. Dietel; A. Hirsch

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 282 KB
• Volume: 36
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-6223
• DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6223(98)00038-4

✦ Synopsis

Endohedral N@C, (atomic nitrogen inside C,) is produced by ion implantation. N@C, is soluble in organic solvents and stable in air. A special feature is that it gives a very clear hyperiine split EPR signal with sharp lines even in the solid. This makes it an ideal probe for monitoring chemical reactions of C, via changes of the EPR signal. As an example, the formation of the monoadduct of diethyl malonate on Cm will be discussed. In general, N@C, can be used as a probe or tracer for monitoring reactions or the transport of C,. We show that C,, is an ideal trap for atomic nitrogen. Nitrogen is in the center of CSO and keeps its atomic structure. In a first experiment, the vibrations of nitrogen in C,, were studied.