Carbon monoxide inside an open-cage fullerene.
Carbon monoxide inside an open-cage fullerene.
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200601241
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2006-08
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S. Iwamatsu;Christopher M. Stanisky;R. Cross;M. Saunders;N. Mizorogi;S. Nagase;S. Murata
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S. Iwamatsu;Christopher M. Stanisky;R. Cross;M. Saunders;N. Mizorogi;S. Nagase;S. Murata
The chemistry of fullerenes that encapsulate molecules or atoms (endohedral fullerenes) has developed extensively in the last decade. A high-pressure, high-temperature method has made it feasible to insert atoms and some small molecules into fullerene cages.[1] However, the yield of the incorporated product obtained by this method is very low. In an attempt to prepare endohedral fullerenes in higher quantities, carbon–carbon bonds of fullerene cages have been cleaved by organic reactions.[2–4] The resulting product, a so-called open-cage fullerene, has an opening that is large enough to insert an atom or a molecule into the cavity of the fullerene.[5–9] Unlike complete endohedral fullerenes, these derivatives can hold and release substrates in a reversible manner. This property offers sensing and storage materials as potential applications.[10] Furthermore, an open moiety can be restored to an intact cage with the inserted chemical species inside. Indeed, pure endohedral H2@ C60 was recently synthesized from C60 by using this strategy.[6b]The narrow orifices of previously obtained open-cage derivatives restricted the molecules that could be inserted to helium and hydrogen.[5–8] Recently, we constructed a wide opening on C60 by successive cage scissions.[9] The orifice of 1 (Scheme 1) is the largest known to date for a fullerene, and 1 spontaneously encapsulates one water molecule to form H2O@ 1.[9a] This result shows that it is possible for atoms or