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Punching a Carbon Atom of C 60 into its Own Cavity to Form an Endohedral Complex CO@C 59 O 6 under Mild Conditions
Author(s) -
Shi Lijun,
Yang Dazhi,
Colombo Francesca,
Yu Yuming,
Zhang WenXiong,
Gan Liangbing
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201303501
Subject(s) - carbon monoxide , fullerene , dipole , chemistry , atom (system on chip) , carbon fibers , body orifice , compounds of carbon , crystallography , atomic physics , materials science , chemical reaction , physics , organic chemistry , composite material , catalysis , ecology , biology , computer science , composite number , embedded system
Punching the ball : By using multistep chemical reactions as a “can opener”, a half circle opening is cut around a pentagon in C 60 to form an open‐cage fullerene with an 18‐membered orifice. During the process, one carbon atom in the fullerene skeleton is eliminated into the cavity as carbon monoxide to form a stable endohedral complex CO@C 59 O 6 (see figure). The single‐crystal X‐ray structure shows that the trapped carbon monoxide has strong dipole–dipole interaction with the cage.