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Xiang W, Hu Z, Xin J, Jin H, Jiang Z, Han X, Chen M, Yao YR, Yang S. Steering Single-Electron Metal-Metal Bonds and Hyperfine Coupling between a Transition Metal-Lanthanide Heteronuclear Bimetal Confined in Carbon Cages. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:22599-22608. [PMID: 37787921 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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Metal complexes bearing single-electron metal-metal bonds (SEMBs) exhibit unusual electronic structures evoking strong magnetic coupling, and such bonds can be stabilized in the form of dimetallofullerenes (di-EMFs) in which two metals are confined in a carbon cage. Up to now, only a few di-EMFs containing SEMBs are reported, which are all based on a high-symmetry icosahedral (Ih) C80 cage embedding homonuclear rare-earth bimetals, and a chemical modification of the Ih-C80 cage is required to stabilize the SEMB. Herein, by introducing 3d-block transition metal titanium (Ti) along with 4f-block lanthanum (La) into the carbon cage, we synthesized the first crystallographically characterized SEMB-containing 3d-4f heteronuclear di-EMFs based on pristine fullerene cages. Four novel La-Ti heteronuclear di-EMFs were isolated, namely, LaTi@D3h(5)-C78, LaTi@Ih(7)-C80, LaTi@D5h(6)-C80, and LaTi@C2v(9)-C82, and their molecular structures were unambiguously determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Upon increasing the cage size from C78 to C82, the La-Ti distance decreases from 4.31 to 3.97 Å, affording fine-tuning of the metal-metal bonding and hyperfine coupling, as evidenced by an electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopic study. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations confirm the existence of SEMB in all four LaTi@C2n di-EMFs, and the accumulation of electron density between La and Ti atoms shifts gradually from the proximity of the Ti atom inside C78 to the center of the LaTi bimetal inside C82 due to the decrease of the La-Ti distance. The electronic properties of LaTi@C2n heteronuclear dimetallofullerenes differ apparently from their homonuclear La2@C2n counterparts, revealing the peculiarity of heteronuclear dimetallofullerenes with the involvement of 3d-block transition metal Ti.
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- Wenhao Xiang
- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Wu B, Wang C, Li B, Wang C. Light-driven Molecular Magnetic Switch for a Metallofullerene ※. ACTA CHIMICA SINICA 2022. [DOI: 10.6023/a21120564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Li W, Wang C, Wang T. Molecular structures and magnetic properties of endohedral metallofullerenes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:10317-10326. [PMID: 34542549 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc04218a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Endohedral metallofullerenes have fascinating core-shell structures, with metal atoms or metal clusters encaged in fullerene cages, and they display various chemical, optical and magnetic properties derived from different types of fullerene cages and metal moieties. Fullerene cages can act as carriers to stabilize unusual cluster moieties. Many bizarre species that are hard to produce via synthetic methods survive well under the protection of a fullerene cage, making metallofullerenes ideal platforms for generating new clusters and bonds. Fullerene cages can also be carriers to hold active unpaired electrons. Some metallofullerenes possess electron spin and show intriguing magnetic properties, making them applicable for use in quantum computing, high density information storage and magnetoreception systems. The exploration of new metallofullerenes is still ongoing, while function-oriented studies are also promoted for the future application of metallofullerenes. Herein, we highlight the recent progress in the synthesis, electron spin characteristics and magnetic properties of metallofullerenes. Discussions and an outlook on the future development of metallofullerenes are also stated.
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- Wang Li
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street 2, Beijing 100190, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street 2, Beijing 100190, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street 2, Beijing 100190, China.
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Kandrashkin YE, Zaripov RB, Liu F, Büchner B, Kataev V, Popov AA. Temperature-dependent dynamics of endohedral fullerene Sc 2@C 80(CH 2Ph) studied by EPR spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:18206-18220. [PMID: 34612284 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02237g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Endohedral fullerenes are promising materials for the quantum information and quantum processing due to the unique properties of the electron-nuclear spin system well isolated from the environment inside the fullerene cage. The endofullerene Sc2@C80(CH2Ph) features a strong hyperfine interaction between one electron spin 1/2 localized at the Sc2 dimer and two equivalent 45Sc nuclear spins 7/2, which yields 64 well resolved EPR transitions. We report a comprehensive analysis of the temperature dependence of the EPR spectrum of Sc2@C80(CH2Ph) dissolved in d-toluene measured in a wide temperature range above and below the melting point. The nature of the electron spin coherence phase memory is investigated. The properties of all resonance lines in a liquid phase were treated within the model of the free rotational diffusion. Both, analytical expressions and numerical examination provide an excellent agreement between the experimental and simulated spectra. A detailed study of the experimental data confirms the assumption of the independent motions of the fullerene cage and the Sc2 core. The data obtained show three regimes of molecular motion detected at different temperatures: the free rotation of both the fullerene cage and its bi-metal core, the motion of the core in the frozen fullerene cage, and, finally, a state with a fixed structure of both parts of the metallofullerene molecules. The data analysis reveals a significant nuclear quadrupole interaction playing an important role for the mixing of the different nuclear spin multiplets.
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- Yuri E Kandrashkin
- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan 420029, Russia.
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Zaripov RB, Kandrashkin YE, Salikhov KM, Büchner B, Liu F, Rosenkranz M, Popov AA, Kataev V. Unusually large hyperfine structure of the electron spin levels in an endohedral dimetallofullerene and its spin coherent properties. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:20513-20521. [PMID: 33026391 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr06114j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We report the synthesis, ESR spectroscopic and spin coherent properties of the dimetallofullerene Sc2@C80(CH2Ph). The single-electron metal-metal bond of the Sc2 dimer inside the fullerene's cage is stabilized with the electron spin density being fully localized at the metal bond. This results in an extraordinary strong hyperfine interaction of the electron spin with the 45Sc nuclear spins with a coupling constant a = 18.2 mT (∼510 MHz) and yields a fully resolved hyperfine-split ESR spectrum comprising 64 lines. The splitting is present even at low temperatures where the molecular dynamics are completely frozen. The large extent and the robustness of the hyperfine-split spectra enable us to identify and control the well-defined transitions between specific electron-nuclear quantum states. This made it possible to demonstrate in our pulse ESR study the remarkable spin coherent dynamics of Sc2@C80(CH2Ph), such as the generation of arbitrary superpositions of the spin states in a nutation experiment and the spin dephasing times above 10 μs at temperatures T < 80 K reaching the value of 17 μs at T ≤ 20 K. These observations suggest Sc2@C80(CH2Ph) as an interesting qubit candidate and motivate further synthetic efforts to obtain fullerene-based systems with superior spin properties.
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- Ruslan B Zaripov
- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan 420029, Russia.
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- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan 420029, Russia.
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- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan 420029, Russia.
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- Leibniz IFW Dresden, D-01069, Dresden, Germany and Institute for Solid State and Materials Physics, TU Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz IFW Dresden, D-01069, Dresden, Germany
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Wang T, Wang C. Functional Metallofullerene Materials and Their Applications in Nanomedicine, Magnetics, and Electronics. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2019; 15:e1901522. [PMID: 31131986 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201901522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2019] [Revised: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Endohedral metallofullerenes exhibit combined properties from carbon cages as well as internal metal moieties and have great potential in a wide range of applications as molecule materials. Along with the breakthrough of mass production of metallofullerenes, their applied research has been greatly developed with more and more new functions and practical applications. For gadolinium metallofullerenes, their water-soluble derivatives have been demonstrated with antitumor activity and unprecedented tumor vascular-targeting therapy. Metallofullerene water-soluble derivatives also can be applied to treat reactive oxygen species (ROS)-induced diseases due to their high antioxidative activity. For magnetic metallofullerenes, the internal electron spin and metal species bring about spin sensitivity, molecular magnets, and spin quantum qubits, which have many promising applications. Metallofullerenes are significant candidates for fabricating useful electronic devices because of their various electronic structures. This Review provides a summary of the metallofullerene studies reported recently, in the fields of tumor inhibition, tumor vascular-targeting therapies, antioxidative activity, spin probes, single-molecule magnets, spin qubits, and electronic devices. This is not an exhaustive summary and there are many other important study results regarding metallofullerenes. All of this research has revealed the irreplaceable role of metallofullerene materials.
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- Taishan Wang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
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Zhao C, Meng H, Nie M, Huang Q, Du P, Wang C, Wang T. Construction of a short metallofullerene-peapod with a spin probe. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:11511-11514. [PMID: 31490471 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc05220h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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A short metallofullere-peapod of Y2@C79N⊂[4]CHBC was constructed. The strong confinement effect from the large π-extended [4]CHBC nanoring induces molecular orientation of the wrapped Y2@C79N, which can be sensed by a Y2@C79N spin probe. The low susceptibility of the spin phase memory time (Tm) for the Y2@C79N spin was also found in a confined space.
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- Chong Zhao
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street 2, Beijing, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street 2, Beijing, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street 2, Beijing, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street 2, Beijing, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street 2, Beijing, China.
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Zhao C, Nie M, Meng H, Wang C, Wang T. Synthesis and Structural Studies of Two Paramagnetic Metallofullerenes with Isomeric C 72 Cage. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:8162-8168. [PMID: 31124674 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We synthesized and isolated two paramagnetic metallofullerenes of La@C72 and Y@C72 with different fullerene cages, which were characterized by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy and theoretical calculations. DFT calculations disclosed two possible isomers of La/Y@C72 with C72- C2 and C72- C2v cages, both of which have similar thermodynamic stability and one pair of fused pentagons. Their paramagnetic properties were then studied by EPR spectroscopy, and the obtained EPR signals were analyzed with very different hyperfine coupling constants, revealing distinct electron spin distributions for these two species. Furthermore, the experimental coupling constants were compared with those of calculated coupling constants, and comparison results revealed that the produced La@C72 has a C72- C2v cage and Y@C72 has a C72- C2 cage. These studies illustrate that the electron spin can be used as a probe to identify metallofullerene structure due to the susceptibility of spin-metal couplings. The successful isolation and characterizations of La@C72 and Y@C72 with such a small C72 cage reveal their stability that is important for application as paramagnetic molecule materials.
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- Chong Zhao
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology , Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology , Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology , Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology , Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology , Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , China
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Jin P, Li Y, Magagula S, Chen Z. Exohedral functionalization of endohedral metallofullerenes: Interplay between inside and outside. Coord Chem Rev 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2019.02.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Tokimaru Y, Ito S, Nozaki K. A Hybrid of Corannulene and Azacorannulene: Synthesis of a Highly Curved Nitrogen-Containing Buckybowl. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201805678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yuki Tokimaru
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology; Graduate School of Engineering; The University of Tokyo; 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry; School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences; Nanyang Technological University; 21 Nanyang Link Singapore 637371 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology; Graduate School of Engineering; The University of Tokyo; 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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Tokimaru Y, Ito S, Nozaki K. A Hybrid of Corannulene and Azacorannulene: Synthesis of a Highly Curved Nitrogen-Containing Buckybowl. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:9818-9822. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201805678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yuki Tokimaru
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology; Graduate School of Engineering; The University of Tokyo; 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry; School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences; Nanyang Technological University; 21 Nanyang Link Singapore 637371 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology; Graduate School of Engineering; The University of Tokyo; 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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Meng H, Zhao C, Li Y, Nie M, Wang C, Wang T. An implanted paramagnetic metallofullerene probe within a metal-organic framework. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:3291-3298. [PMID: 29384170 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr09420e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Paramagnetic endohedral metallofullerene can be used as a molecular probe because of its sensitive electron spin characters, one of which is to sense its surroundings. Metal-organic framework (MOF) materials have significant applications in selective adsorption owing to their porous structures. Herein, we report a Sc3C2@C80 spin probe implanted in MOF-177 to detect the unusual host-guest interaction between the guest molecules of metallofullerene and the host pores of the MOF. Paramagnetic Sc3C2@C80 molecules were incorporated into the pores of MOF-177 via absorption method, and there was strong π-π interaction between oleophilic metallofullerene and aromatic framework. The electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) signals of Sc3C2@C80 in MOF-177 exhibit anisotropic properties caused by the restricted motion of implanted Sc3C2@C80. This unusual host-guest interaction between Sc3C2@C80 and MOF-177 is gradually strengthened with decreasing temperature as revealed by the EPR signals. In addition, the gas desorption from the MOF-177 pores under subatmospheric pressure can weaken the host-guest interaction and lead to slightly enhanced Sc3C2@C80 EPR signals. Furthermore, the changes in the host-guest interaction between Sc3C2@C80 and MOF-177 at different temperatures and pressures exhibit reversibility, as shown by cycling EPR measurements. These results will inspire material design and applications of fullerene and MOF complexes.
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- Haibing Meng
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
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Hu Z, Dong BW, Liu Z, Liu JJ, Su J, Yu C, Xiong J, Shi DE, Wang Y, Wang BW, Ardavan A, Shi Z, Jiang SD, Gao S. Endohedral Metallofullerene as Molecular High Spin Qubit: Diverse Rabi Cycles in Gd2@C79N. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:1123-1130. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b12170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ziqi Hu
- National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth
Materials Chemistry and Applications, Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric
Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China
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- National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth
Materials Chemistry and Applications, Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric
Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China
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- National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth
Materials Chemistry and Applications, Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric
Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China
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- CAESR,
The Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, U.K
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- National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth
Materials Chemistry and Applications, Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric
Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China
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- National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth
Materials Chemistry and Applications, Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric
Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China
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- National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth
Materials Chemistry and Applications, Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric
Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China
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- National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth
Materials Chemistry and Applications, Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric
Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China
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- National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth
Materials Chemistry and Applications, Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric
Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China
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- National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth
Materials Chemistry and Applications, Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric
Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China
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- CAESR,
The Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, U.K
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- National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth
Materials Chemistry and Applications, Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric
Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China
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- National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth
Materials Chemistry and Applications, Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric
Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China
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- National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth
Materials Chemistry and Applications, Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric
Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China
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Aulakh D, Bilan HK, Wriedt M. Porous substrates as platforms for the nanostructuring of molecular magnets. CrystEngComm 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ce01978e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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This article highlights recent advances in the newly emerging field on the nanostructuration of molecular magnets using porous substrates.
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- Darpandeep Aulakh
- Department of Chemistry & Biomolecular Science
- Clarkson University
- Potsdam
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biomolecular Science
- Clarkson University
- Potsdam
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biomolecular Science
- Clarkson University
- Potsdam
- USA
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Zhao C, Wang T, Li Y, Meng H, Nie M, Tian J, Wang C. Awaking N-hyperfine couplings in charged yttrium nitride endohedral fullerenes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:26846-26850. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp05444k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Charged yttrium nitride endohedral fullerenes show particular N-hyperfine couplings that are sensitive to the outer carbon cage.
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- Chong Zhao
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 100190 Beijing
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 100190 Beijing
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 100190 Beijing
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 100190 Beijing
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 100190 Beijing
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 100190 Beijing
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 100190 Beijing
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Cao J, Feng Y, Zhou S, Sun X, Wang T, Wang C, Li H. Spatial aromatic fences of metal-organic frameworks for manipulating the electron spin of a fulleropyrrolidine nitroxide radical. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:11272-6. [PMID: 27356865 DOI: 10.1039/c6dt01735e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The electron spin properties of a fulleropyrrolidine nitroxide radical incarcerated in the pores of MOF-177 and MIL-53 respectively were investigated for the first time. It was found that the spatial confinement effect and intramolecular interactions in these two solid-state spin systems lead to dramatically distinctive spin dynamics.
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- Jiamei Cao
- State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication & Laboratory of Clean Energy Chemistry and Materials, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
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Romero EL, Echegoyen L. Electron spin resonance spectroscopy of empty and endohedral fullerenes. J PHYS ORG CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/poc.3589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Elkin L. Romero
- Department of Chemistry; University of Texas at El Paso; 79968 El Paso Texas USA
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Texas at El Paso; 79968 El Paso Texas USA
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Feng Y, Wang T, Li Y, Li J, Wu J, Wu B, Jiang L, Wang C. Steering Metallofullerene Electron Spin in Porous Metal–Organic Framework. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:15055-60. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b10796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yongqiang Feng
- Beijing National Laboratory
for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure
and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory
for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure
and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory
for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure
and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory
for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure
and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory
for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure
and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory
for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure
and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory
for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure
and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory
for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure
and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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Zhao J, Huang X, Jin P, Chen Z. Magnetic properties of atomic clusters and endohedral metallofullerenes. Coord Chem Rev 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2014.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Wu B, Wang T, Feng Y, Zhang Z, Jiang L, Wang C. Molecular magnetic switch for a metallofullerene. Nat Commun 2015; 6:6468. [PMID: 25732144 PMCID: PMC4366484 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2014] [Accepted: 01/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The endohedral fullerenes lead to well-protected internal species by the fullerene cages, and even highly reactive radicals can be stabilized. However, the manipulation of the magnetic properties of these radicals from outside remains challenging. Here we report a system of a paramagnetic metallofullerene Sc3C2@C80 connected to a nitroxide radical, to achieve the remote control of the magnetic properties of the metallofullerene. The remote nitroxide group serves as a magnetic switch for the electronic spin resonance (ESR) signals of Sc3C2@C80 via spin–spin interactions. Briefly, the nitroxide radical group can ‘switch off’ the ESR signals of the Sc3C2@C80 moiety. Moreover, the strength of spin–spin interactions between Sc3C2@C80 and the nitroxide group can be manipulated by changing the distance between these two spin centres. In addition, the ESR signals of the Sc3C2@C80 moiety can be switched on at low temperatures through weakened spin–lattice interactions. Endohedral fullerenes are known to stabilize reactive radicals; however, the external magnetic manipulation of these species’ remains challenging. Here, the authors link a nitroxide radical to a paramagnetic fullerene system and are able to alter the spin behaviour of the fullerene via spin–spin interactions.
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- Bo Wu
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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Zhang Z, Wang T, Xu B, Wang C. Paramagnetic and theoretical study of Y₂@C₈₁N: an endohedral azafullerene radical. Dalton Trans 2014; 43:12871-5. [PMID: 25019630 DOI: 10.1039/c4dt01074d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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A metallofullerene radical Y2@C81N was synthesized and characterized by ESR spectroscopy and ab initio calculations. It was revealed that the molecule adopts an unique azafullerene C81N cage derived from C82-C(2v)(9), and two yttrium ions are entrapped to form the endohedral structure. The unpaired electron of Y2@C81N radical was calculated to mainly localize on the Y2 dimer, leading to large hyperfine coupling constants of 75.7 and 69.8 G for the two yttrium nuclei.
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- Zhuxia Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Taiyuan University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Research Center of Advanced Materials Science and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China.
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Zhang R, Futagoishi T, Murata M, Wakamiya A, Murata Y. Synthesis and Structure of an Open-Cage Thiafullerene C69S: Reactivity Differences of an Open-Cage C70 Tetraketone Relative to Its C60 Analogue. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:8193-6. [DOI: 10.1021/ja504054s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Rui Zhang
- Institute
for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute
for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute
for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute
for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute
for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
- JST, PRESTO, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Wang T, Wang C. Endohedral metallofullerenes based on spherical I(h)-C(80) cage: molecular structures and paramagnetic properties. Acc Chem Res 2014; 47:450-8. [PMID: 24328037 DOI: 10.1021/ar400156z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Fullerenes are carbon cages assembled from fused hexagons andpentagons that have closed networks and conjugated π systems. The curve of the fullerene structure requires that the constituent carbon atoms take on a pyramidal shape and produces extra strain energy. However, the highly symmetrical geometry of the fullerene decreases the surface tension in these structures, so highly symmetrical fullerenes are usually very stable. For example, C60 with icosahedral symmetry (Ih) is the most stable fullerene molecule. However, another highly symmetrical fullerene, Ih-C80, is extremely unstable. The reason for this difference is the open-shell electronic structure of Ih-C80, which has a 4-fold degenerate HOMO occupied by only two electrons. Predictably, once the degenerate HOMO of Ih-C80 accepts six more electrons, it forms a closed-shell electronic structure similar to Ih-C60 and with comparable stability. Because the hollow structure of fullerenes can encapsulate metal atoms and those internal metals can transfer electrons to the fullerene cage, the encapsulation of metal clusters may provide an ideal technique for the stabilization of the Ih-C80 fullerenes. In this Account, we focus on the molecular structures and paramagnetic properties of spherical Ih-C80 endohedral fullerenes encaging a variety of metal moieties, such as metal atoms (Mn), metal nitride (M3N), metal carbide (MnC2), metal carbonitride (M3CN), and metal oxides (M4Om). We introduce several types of endohedral metallofullerenes such as Sc4C2@Ih-C80, which exhibits a Russian-doll-like structure, and Sc3CN@Ih-C80, which encapsulates a planar metal carbonitride cluster. In addition, we emphasize the paramagnetic properties of Ih-C80-based metallofullerenes, such as Sc3C2@Ih-C80, Y2@C79N, and M3N@Ih-C80, to show how those spin-active species can present a controllable paramagnetism. This Account highlights an inspiring molecular world within the spherical Ih-C80 cages of various metallofullerenes.
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- Taishan Wang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People’s Republic of China
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- Alexey A Popov
- Department of Electrochemistry and Conducting Polymers, Leibniz-Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW) Dresden , D-01171 Dresden, Germany
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Feng Y, Wang T, Wu J, Ma Y, Zhang Z, Jiang L, Ge C, Shu C, Wang C. Spin-active metallofullerene stabilized by the core of an NC moiety. Chem Commun (Camb) 2013; 49:2148-50. [PMID: 23389116 DOI: 10.1039/c3cc38445d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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A paramagnetic Sc(3)NC@C(80) anion radical was obtained by chemical reduction. ESR spectrometry and theoretical calculations disclosed that the core NC moiety takes possession of the unpaired electron and stabilizes the paramagnetic species. It is the first time a paramagnetic metal cyanide metallofullerene has been obtained.
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- Yongqiang Feng
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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