Title:
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Understanding the Reactivity of Ion-Encapsulated Fullerenes
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Author:
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García-Rodeja, Yago; Solà i Puig, Miquel; Bickelhaupt, F. Matthias; Fenández López, Israel
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Other authors:
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Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Espanya) |
Abstract:
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The influence of the encapsulation of an ion inside the C 60 fullerene cage on its exohedral reactivity was explored by means of DFT calculations. To this end, the Diels–Alder reaction between 1,3-cyclohexadiene and M@C 60 (M=Li + , Na + , K + , Be 2+ , Mg 2+ , Al 3+ , and Cl − ) was studied and compared to the analogous process involving the parent C 60 fullerene. A significant enhancement of the Diels–Alder reactivity is found for systems having an endohedral cation, whereas a clear decrease in reactivity is observed when an anion is encapsulated in the C 60 cage. The origins of this reactivity trend were quantitatively analyzed in detail by using the activation strain model of reactivity in combination with energy decomposition analysis |
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We are grateful for financial support from the Spanish MINECO FEDER (Grants CTQ2013-44303-P, CTQ2016-78205-P and CTQ2014-51912-REDC to I. F. and CTQ2014-54306-P to M. S.), the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), and Catalan DIUE (projects 2014SGR931, ICREA Academia 2014 prize, and XRQTC to M. S.). The FEDER grant UNGI10-4E-801 has also funded this research. |
Subject(s):
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-Ful·lerens -Fullerenes -Funcional de densitat, Teoria del -Density functionals -Reaccions d'addició -Addition reactions |
Rights:
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Tots els drets reservats
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Document type:
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Article Article - Accepted version |
Published by:
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Wiley
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