Electronic structures and redox properties of silylmethylated C60

Hideo Nagashima, Masayuki Saito, Yoshiyuki Kato, Hitoshi Goto, Eiji Osawa, Masaaki Haga, Kenji Itoh

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Abstract

Theoretical and electrochemical studies were performed to understand the electronic structure and the redox property of two types of silylmethylated C60, C60(H)(CH2SiMe2Y) (1) and C60(CH2SiMe2Y)2 (2) [Y = alkyl, aryl, OR, F]. Semi-empirical molecular orbital (MO) calculations for 1a (Y = Me of 1) and 2a (Y = Me of 2), and their model compounds, C60(H)(Me) (3) and C60(Me)2 (4) revealed the thermodynamically most stable isomer of each compound. Cyclic voltammograms showed three to five reversible reduction waves and a quasi-reversible oxidation wave; the redox potentials are consistent with those expected from frontier orbital energies calculated by AM1.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5053-5064
Number of pages12
JournalTetrahedron
Volume52
Issue number14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 1 1996
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biochemistry
  • Drug Discovery
  • Organic Chemistry

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