富勒烯合成化学研究进展

富勒烯是一类由12个五元环和若干六元环组成的笼状分子, 自20世纪80年代中期被发现以来就以其独特的结构和新奇的性质而成为科学界研究的热点, 25年来, 无论在基础研究还是在实际应用领域都有了长足的进步, 人们在发展富勒烯合成新方法和寻找富勒烯新结构方面做了大量的工作。本文对富勒烯的各种宏量合成方法进行了回顾, 并概述了迄今已发表的60余种富勒烯新结构,包括各种富勒烯空笼、内嵌富勒烯、富勒烯笼外修饰衍生物及氮杂富勒烯等结构。     

新型内嵌混合金属氮化物原子簇富勒烯的合成、结构与性质*

内嵌混合金属氮化物原子簇富勒烯的发现极大地扩展了内嵌富勒烯家族。内嵌混合金属氮化物原子簇富勒烯是一类新型的内嵌富勒烯,其内嵌物为由2-3种不同的金属组成的氮化物原子簇。本文首先介绍了新型内嵌混合金属氮化物原子簇富勒烯的发现、合成和分离方法,并对目前所分离出来的内嵌混合金属氮化物原子簇富勒烯进行了分类。然后总结了目前所报导的内嵌混合金属氮化物原子簇富勒烯的结构表征手段,对于不同的内嵌混合金属氮化物原子簇富勒烯的分子结构分别进行了阐述。最后着重讨论了内嵌混合金属氮化物原子簇富勒烯的特殊电子性质以及物理和化学性质。本文还对内嵌混合金属氮化物原子簇富勒烯潜在的应用前景作了展望,在内嵌具有不同物理性质的两到三种金属原子的基础上,所形成的内嵌混合金属氮化物原子簇富勒烯有可能兼具不同金属原子各自的性质,从而成为多功能综合的功能材料。     

内嵌富勒烯的研究进展

内嵌富勒烯由于其结构新颖以及独特而优异的性质在国际上引起持续而广泛的关注,成为近年来的研究热点之一.目前已经研究发现的内嵌富勒烯多达近百种,从惰性气体到碱土金属再到稀土元素都已被成功地嵌入到不同尺寸的碳笼中.其中金属离子或含金属的离子簇内嵌入富勒烯碳笼形成的内嵌金属富勒烯,以其种类丰富、结构多样成为内嵌富勒烯的主要研究对象.本文就近年来研究报道的种类繁多的内嵌富勒烯按其内嵌物类型进行归纳阐述,为今后开发更多新型的内嵌富勒烯提供一定的参考.     

笼内金属富勒烯研究进展

回顾了十年来关于笼内金属富勒烯的研究工作，详细介绍了笼内金属富勒烯的各种合成方法、提取手段以及分离方法，阐明了笼内金属富勒烯的电子结构并给出了各类方法对其结构、性质研究取得的成果，最后指出了笼内金属富勒烯的研究前景与应用潜力。     

钆基富勒烯磁共振成像分子影像探针的研究进展

含有顺磁性金属钆离子及钆团簇的内嵌金属富勒烯(如Gd@C82,Gd@C60和Gd3 N@C80)及其衍生物是一类高效的MRI分子影像探针,其造影效率远优于传统钆基螯合物造影剂.重要的是,碳笼的高度稳定性保护了内嵌团簇,使之免受体内代谢物质的进攻和防止了外泄,从而大大提高了其生物安全性.同时,碳笼还是其它生物活性物质或分子影像探针的有效载体,易赋予其多功能性,从而提高疾病检测的灵敏度和准确性.本文介绍了多种钆内嵌金属富勒烯分子影像探针的研究进展,讨论了内嵌金属团簇和笼外化学修饰对其弛豫性能的影响,以及不同的功能基团对其生物相容性和动物体内分布的影响,并展望了其兼具多功能分子影像探针载体的应用前景.     

三金属氮化物富勒烯中富勒烯笼和内嵌团簇的尺寸效应

内嵌金属富勒烯是指金属原子或其团簇内嵌于碳笼之中而形成的复合结构.实验和理论研究都表明内嵌金属原子或团簇对碳笼的电荷转移作用在这类分子中是普遍存在的,并且电荷转移作用能够稳定化原本高度活性的碳笼.三金属氮化物富勒烯(trimetallic nitride fullerenes,TNFs)因其新奇的结构和性质吸引了广泛的研究兴趣.研究者已经对Sc3N@C68,Sc3N@C78和Sc3N@C80进行了广泛而深入的研究并阐明了它们的结构;而且,三金属氮化物团簇(M3N,M=Sc,Y,La等)在各种碳中的稳定化机理已经被阐明,即能够嵌入氮化物团簇的碳笼是那些LUMO+3与LUMO+4能级能量差大的碳笼.对于含有更重的内嵌团簇的TNFs,目前已经取得相当的研究进展,然而仍然有很多未解之谜等待揭开.如:为什么烟灰中Sc3N@C2n,Y3N@C2n和La3N@C2n(n=34,39和40)的产量戏剧性地下降?三金属氮化物M3N@C2n中,电荷转移相互作用像单金属内嵌富勒烯M@Cn中的情况一样吗?为了揭开上述未解之谜,我们对M3N@C80进行系统研究的基础上(ChemPhysChem2006,7:1306),通过密度函数理论方法,对M3N@C2n(n=34,39,40)进行了更广泛更深入的研究.结果表明,对于C68-6140,金属原子位于五元环-五元环共边(B55)的前面;对于C78-5,金属原子位于六元环-六元环共边(B66)的前面;对于C80-7,Sc原子位置不固定,而Y、La原子位于六元环(R6)的前面.Sc3N在所有考虑的碳笼内都是平面的,Y3N在C68和C78中是微弱锥化的,然而在C80-Ih中是平面的;相反,La3N在所有碳笼中都是锥化的.总之,内嵌团簇趋向于在碳笼中形成具有最大金属-金属(M-M)距离的结构,以便于张力能得到最大限度的释放.内嵌锥形团簇的那些碳笼与相应的富勒烯笼比较起来,结构上发生了重大的变形,此种情况下相应分子中存在重要的M-C以及M-M排斥力,相应的分子是不稳定的.对优化后的M3N@C2n的结构分析表明,Y-Y/Y-N和La-La/La-N距离都分别小于自由态Y3N、La3N中的M-M/M-N距离.这些结构中,金属原子与碳笼的成键特性或内嵌团簇与碳笼之间的分子轨道相互作用都是次要的.对于较小的碳笼和较大的内嵌团簇形成的体系,首先满足的应该是几何尺寸上的要求.这些结果清楚地表明,内嵌团簇尺寸较大的三金属氮化物富勒烯中存在重大的M-M以及M-C排斥相互作用并随着碳笼的增大而减小.这些计算结果揭示了内嵌团簇和碳笼的尺寸对TNFs的结构和稳定性的影响,能够良好地解释M3N在碳笼中的位置以及M3N@C2n在产量上的差异并能够为这类物质的结构测定、结构-性质关系阐释提供重要的参考价值.     

C60负离子化学的研究进展

中性的C60是很强的缺电子体,主要和亲核试剂进行化学反应.与之不同的是C60经还原生成负离子后,由缺电子变为富含电子,具有很强的亲核性质,可与亲电试剂进行反应.由于这种电子结构的变化,C60负离子进行的反应从机理至产物均有可能与中性富勒烯不同.从而丰富了富勒烯的反应方式和富勒烯产物的类型.结合我们的工作综述了C60负离子化学的研究进展,对丰富富勒烯化学、扩展富勒烯衍生物的种类及制备方法具有一定意义.     

内嵌金属富勒烯Sc2S@C86的结构和性质

金属硫化物富勒烯是一类结构新奇的化合物,阐释其结构和性质是当前的重要研究任务。本文采用密度泛函理论(DFT)方法,系统研究了质谱实验已经检测到的内嵌金属富勒烯Sc₂S@C₈₆的结构和性质。结果显示,能量最低的异构体是Sc₂S@C₈₆:63751(独立五元环规则(IPR)-9),该碳笼与已报道的Sc₂C₂@C₈₆的碳笼一样;其次是non-IPR Sc₂S@C₈₆:63376。自然键轨道(NBO)和分子中原子理论(AIM)分析显示,内嵌团簇与碳笼间存在电荷转移相互作用和共价作用。温度效应计算显示,高温时Sc₂S@C₈₆是多个异构体共存的。为了对将来实验结构测定提供参考,本文提供了能量最低的两个异构体的红外光谱图。     

内嵌金属碳氮化物团簇富勒烯的稳定性与生成机理

对新结构富勒烯金属包合物的探索是富勒烯领域中的研究重点。本文从内嵌团簇与富勒烯碳笼尺寸匹配的角度出发,对基于金属碳氮化物团簇的新结构富勒烯金属包合物进行了研究。通过量子化学计算研究了M_3NC团簇(M=Y,La,Gd)内嵌在D_2(186)-C_(96)和D_2(35)-C_(88)分子中所形成包合物的稳定性和电子结构,发现富勒烯碳笼接受内嵌团簇转移的六个电子形成了稳定结构。结合文献已报道过的Sc_3NC@I_h(7)-C_(80)分子,阐明了M_3NC团簇与富勒烯碳笼之间的尺寸匹配效应,并发现D_2(186)-C_(96)、D_2(35)-C_(88)和I_h(7)-C_(80)三种富勒烯碳笼均具有五元环均匀分布的结构特点。我们对富勒烯之间的转变路径进行了研究,提出了不含Stone-Wales异构化过程的富勒烯直接生成机理,即可以通过增加碳原子的过程使五元环重排,在保持稳定性结构单元的同时转变为更大碳笼。     

富勒烯金属包合物的研究进展*

本文介绍了富勒烯金属包合物的发现、意义、合成和提取分离方法以及各种表征手段, 介绍了对富勒烯金属包合物的电子结构和物理化学性质进行的各种研究。     

Chemistry of endohedral metallofullerenes: the role of metals

Recent breakthroughs achieved in the chemical functionalization of endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs), especially single crystallographic X-ray characterizations of their derivatives, have presented fundamentally new insights into the structures and properties of these metal-carbon hybrid molecules, and have also brought immense potential applications. In particular, the interplay between the encapsulated metallic species and the fullerene cage has been well investigated. On one hand, the position and motion of the encapsulated metals can be effectively controlled by exohedral modification. On the other hand, the cage structures, the chemical behaviours of cage carbons and thus the chemical reactivity of the whole molecule are also apparently influenced by the electronic configuration and geometrical conformation of the internal metals via strong metal-cage interactions. In this article, we contribute a systematic review of the important chemical transformations of EMFs reported to date, including disilylation, 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with ylides, cyclopropanation with carbenes and carbanions, cycloaddition with dienes and benzyne, radical reactions, and other miscellaneous reactions, in addition to noncovalent interactions such as supramolecular complexation. The roles that internal metals play in controlling the reactivity of cage carbons are particularly emphasized. Finally, some applicable materials based on EMFs and their derivatives are summarized and practical perspectives are proposed.     

Exohedral reactivity of trimetallic nitride template (TNT) endohedral metallofullerenes

[structures: see text] Fullerenes containing a trimetallic nitride template (TNT) within the cage are a particularly interesting class of endohedral metallofullerenes. Recently two exohedral derivatives of the Sc3N@C80 fullerene have been synthesized: a Diels-Alder and a fulleropyrrolidine cycloadduct. The successful isolation, purification, and structural elucidation of these metallofullerenes derivatives have encouraged us to understand how the chemical reactivity is affected by TNT encapsulation. First of all, we predicted the most reactive exohedral sites, taking into account the double bond character and the pyramidalization angle of the C-C bonds. For this purpose, a full characterization of all different types of C-C bonds of the following fullerenes was carried out: I(h)-C60:1, D3-C68:6140, D3-Sc3N@C68, D(5h)-C70:1, D(3h')-C78:5, D(3h)-Sc3N@C78, I(h)-C80:7 and several isomers of Sc3N@C80. Finally the exohedral reactivity of these TNT endohedral metallofullerenes, via [4 + 2] cycloaddition reactions of 1,3-butadiene, was corroborated by means of DFT calculations.     

Salvaging Reactive Fullerenes from Soot by Exohedral Derivatization

The awesome allotropy of carbon yields innumerable topologically possible cage structures of molecular carbon. This field is also related to endohedral metallofullerenes constructed by metal‐atom encapsulation. Stable and soluble empty fullerenes and endohedral metallofullerenes are available in pure form in macroscopic amounts from carbon arc production or other physical processes followed by extraction and subsequent chromatographic separation. However, many other unidentified fullerene species, which must be reactive and insoluble in their pristine forms, remain in soot. These “missing” species must have extremely small HOMO–LUMO gaps and may have unconventional cage structures. Recent progress in this field has demonstrated that reactive fullerenes can be salvaged by exohedral derivatization, which can stabilize the reactive carbon cages. This concept provides a means of preparing macroscopic amounts of unconventional fullerenes as their derivatives.     

Metallofullerenes

Summary Endohedral and exohedral metallofullerenes, including metal-doped fullerenes, organometallic fullerenes and fullerene metal complexes, are described in the context of their syntheses and properties.     

Entrapping of exohedral metallofullerenes in carbon nanotubes: (CsC60)n@SWNT nano-peapods

Exohedral C60-based metallofullerenes, CsC60, have been synthesized and successfully encapsulated into single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in high yield by reducing C60 molecules into anions. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) images and in situ electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) indicate that Cs atoms and C60 molecules align within SWNTs as CsC60 exohedral metallofullerenes, and that the formal charge state of encaged CsC60 is expressed as Cs+1C60-1. The present peapods with the exohedral metallofullerenes provide a new insight and the possibility to fine-tune the electronic and transport properties of carbon nanotubes.     

Trimetallic nitride endohedral metallofullerenes: reactivity dictated by the encapsulated metal cluster

The first derivatives of Y(3)N@C(80) have been synthesized and fully characterized. 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition of N-ethylazomethine ylide yielded mainly the pyrrolidine monoadduct of the icosahedral (I(h)()) symmetry cage exclusively at a [6,6] double bond. The same regioselectivity on a [6,6] double bond was observed when the endohedral compound was cyclopropanated with diethyl bromomalonate. These results are in pronounced contrast to those observed for icosahedral symmetry Sc(3)N@C(80), for which all reported derivatives add completely regioselectively to [5,6] double bonds. (1)H NMR, (13)C NMR, and HMQC spectroscopy revealed that the addition pattern on Y(3)N@C(80) resulted in a pyrrolidinofullerene derivative with unsymmetric pyrrolidine carbons and symmetric geminal protons. The cyclopropanated monoadduct exhibited symmetric ethyl groups on the malonate, consistent with regioselective addition at a [6,6] double bond. Attempts to perform the same cyclopropanation reaction on (I(h)()) Sc(3)N@C(80) failed to yield any identifiable products. These observations clearly indicate that the reactivity of trimetallic nitride endohedral metallofullerenes toward exohedral chemical functionalization is profoundly affected and effectively controlled by the nature of the endohedral metal cluster.     

C~4~0, C~4~0^+, Nb@C~4~0^+, NbC~3~9^+, Nb@C~4~0H~4^+的 量子化学研究

用量子化学从头计算方法研究了C~4~0,C~4~0^+,Nb@C~4~0^+,NbC~3~9^+,Nb@C~4~0H~4^+的几何构型、电子结构和C~2~8一样,C~4~0(T~d)基态也为^5A~2态,笼骨架上具有四个悬挂键。计算结果表明C~4~0和C~4~0^+比NbC~3~9^+和Nb@C~4~0^+稳定,与实验结果一致。     

Endohedral Metallofullerenes—Filled Fullerene Derivatives towards Multifunctional Reaction Center Mimics

In recent years, endohedral metallofullerenes have attracted tremendous interest not only in physics and chemistry, but also in interdisciplinary areas, such as materials and biological sciences. In this concept article we highlight recent results on different endohedral metallofullerenes based on lanthanides and their derivatives. The chemical and excited state reactivities of endohedral metallofullerenes are discussed for various endohedral clusters. Most important is the part that covers spectroscopic and kinetic assays of reductive and oxidative charge transfer evolving from photoexcited electron donors and electron acceptors, respectively, in a variety of electron donor–acceptor conjugates. Towards this end, we refer to the applications of endohedral metallofullerenes in photovoltaic devices that feature greater efficiency than devices fabricated with empty fullerenes. Herein, we focus mainly on results obtained in the groups of Akasaka, Echegoyen, and Guldi.     

Endohedral metallofullerenes-filled fullerene derivatives towards multifunctional reaction center mimics

In recent years, endohedral metallofullerenes have attracted tremendous interest not only in physics and chemistry, but also in interdisciplinary areas, such as materials and biological sciences. In this concept article we highlight recent results on different endohedral metallofullerenes based on lanthanides and their derivatives. The chemical and excited state reactivities of endohedral metallofullerenes are discussed for various endohedral clusters. Most important is the part that covers spectroscopic and kinetic assays of reductive and oxidative charge transfer evolving from photoexcited electron donors and electron acceptors, respectively, in a variety of electron donor-acceptor conjugates. Towards this end, we refer to the applications of endohedral metallofullerenes in photovoltaic devices that feature greater efficiency than devices fabricated with empty fullerenes. Herein, we focus mainly on results obtained in the groups of Akasaka, Echegoyen, and Guldi.     

甘氨酸衍生物C(sp3)―H官能团化反应在喹啉类化合物合成中的应用

The direct oxidative C(sp³)-H functionalization reaction has long been considered as one of the most efficient and straightforward synthetic protocol for the construction of C-C bonds. Recently, the synthesis of substituted quinolines via C(sp³)-H functionalization of glycine derivatives has gained widespread attention from the chemists. Recent progresses on the C(sp³)-H functionalization of glycine derivatives and their applications in the synthesis of substituted quinolines are described in this paper. The aims are to broaden students' vision and stimulate their interest in scientific research through the introduction of innovative scientific research.