Fine Tunable,Redox Active Octapalladium Chains Supported by Linear Tetraphosphines,Leading to Dynamically 1D Self-Assembled Coordination Polymers

A series of the octapalladium chains supported by meso-Ph₂PCH₂P(Ph)CH₂P(Ph)CH₂PPh₂ (meso-dpmppm) ligands, [Pd₈(meso-dpmppm)₄(L)₂](BF₄)₄ (L=none ( 1 ), solvents: CH₃CN ( 2 a ), dmf ( 2 b ), dmso ( 2 c ), RN≡C: R=Xyl ( 3 a ), Mes ( 3 b ), Dip ( 3 c ), ^tBu ( 3 d ), Cy ( 3 e ), CH₃(CH₂)₇ ( 3 f ), CH₃(CH₂)₁₁ ( 3 g ), CH₃(CH₂)₁₇ ( 3 h )) and [Pd₈(meso-dpmppm)₄(X)₂](BF₄)₂ (X=Cl ( 4 a ), N₃ ( 4 b ), CN ( 4 c ), SCN ( 4 d )), were synthesized by using 2 a as a stable good precursor, and characterized by spectroscopic (IR, ¹H and ³¹P NMR, UV-vis-NIR, ESI-MS) measurements and X-ray crystallographic analyses (for 1 , 2 a , b , 3 a , b , e , f , 4 a – d ). On the basis of DFT calculations on the X-ray determined structure of 2 b ( [2b-Pd₈]⁴⁺ ) and the optimized models [Pd₈(meso-Ph₂PCH₂P(H)CH₂P(H)CH₂PH₂)₄(CH₃CN)₂]⁴⁺ ( [Pd₈Ph₈]⁴⁺ ) and [Pd₈(meso-H₂PCH₂P(H)CH₂P(H)CH₂PH₂)₄(CH₃CN)₂]⁴⁺ ( [Pd₈H₈]⁴⁺ ), with and without empirically calculating dispersion force stabilization energy (B3LYP-D3, B3LYP), the formation energy between the two Pd₄ fragments is assumed to involve mainly noncovalent interactions (ca. −70 kcal/mol) with four sets of interligand C−H/π interactions and Pd⋅⋅⋅Pd metallophilic one, while electron shared covalent interactions are almost canceled out within the Pd₈ chain. All the compounds isolated are stable in solution and exhibit characteristic absorption at ∼900 nm, which is assignable to a spin allowed HOMO to LUMO transition, and shows temperature dependent intensity change with variable absorption coefficients presumably due to coupling with some thermal vibrations. The structures and electronic states of the Pd₈ chains are found finely tunable by varying the terminal capping ligands. In particular, theoretical calculations elucidated that the HOMO-LUMO energy gap is systematically related to the central Pd−Pd distance (2.7319(6)–2.7575(6) Å) by two ways with neutral ligands L ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) and with anionic ligands X ( 4 ), which are reflected on the NIR absorption energy of 867–954 nm. The isocyanide terminated Pd₈ complexes ( 3 ) further reacted with excess of RNC (6 eq) to afford the Pd₄ complexes, [Pd₄(meso-dpmppm)₂(RNC)₂](BF₄)₂ ( 13 ), and the cyclic voltammograms of 2 a (L=CH₃CN), 3 , and 13 (R=Xyl, Mes, ^tBu, Cy) demonstrated wide range redox behaviors from 2{Pd₄}⁴⁺ to 2{Pd₄}⁰ through 2{Pd₄}²⁺↔{Pd₈}⁴⁺, {Pd₈}³⁺, and {Pd₈}²⁺ strings. The oxidized complexes, [Pd₄(meso-dpmppm)₂(RNC)₃](BF₄)₄ ( 16 ), were characterized by X-ray analyses, and the two-electron reduced chain of [Pd₈(meso-dpmppm)₄](BF₄)₂ ( 7 ) was analyzed by spectroscopic and electrochemical techniques and DFT calculations. Reactions of 2 a with 1 equiv. of aromatic linear bisisocyanide (BI) in CH₂Cl₂ deposited insoluble coordination polymers, {[Pd₈(meso-dpmppm)₄(BI)](BF₄)₄}_n ( 5 ), and interestingly, they were soluble in acetonitrile, ³¹P{¹H} and ¹H DOSY NMR spectra as well as SAXS curves suggesting that the coordination polymers may exist in acetonitrile as dynamically 1D self-assembled coordination polymers comprising ca. 50 units of the Pd₈ rod averaged within the timescale.     

Chromatographic Behavior of C60 and C70 Fullerenes at Subambient Temperature with n-Alkanes Mobile Phases

The influence of temperature on the retention and separation of C60 and C70 fullerenes was studied under HPLC conditions. Particularly, chromatographic experiments were conducted using moderate carbon loaded octadecylsilica stationary phase and homologous series of n-alkanes including n-pentane, n-hexane and n-heptane as the mobile phases. All studies were performed across wide range of subambient temperature from −80 to +20 °C. From practical point of view the best chromatographic conditions for baseline separation of the components of interest were selected. The retention of analytes was strongly affected by temperature and below minus 30 °C strong deviation from van't Hoff behavior was observed. To explore this phenomenon selected thermodynamic parameters including changes of enthalpy (ΔH^o) and changes of entropy (ΔS^o) were estimated. Positive values of the ΔH^o and ΔS^o at low temperature region may indicate the lack of the interaction with the stationary phase ligands. A possible retention mechanism at different temperatures for C60 and C70 molecules has been discussed.     

Stable Non‐IPR C60 and C70 Fullerenes Containing a Uniform Distribution of Pyrenes and Adjacent Pentagons

The most abundant fullerenes, C₆₀ and C₇₀, and all the pure carbon fullerenes larger than C₇₀, follow the isolated‐pentagon rule (IPR). Non‐IPR fullerenes containing adjacent pentagons (APs) have been stabilized experimentally in cases where, according to Euler’s theorem, it is topologically impossible to isolate all the pentagons from each other. Surprisingly, recent experiments have shown that a few endohedral fullerenes, for which IPR structures are possible, are stabilized in non‐IPR cages. We show that, apart from strain, the physical property that governs the relative stabilities of fullerenes is the charge distribution in the cage. This charge distribution is controlled by the number and location of APs and pyrene motifs. We show that, when these motifs are uniformly distributed in the cage and well‐separated from one other, stabilization of non‐IPR endohedral and exohedral derivatives, as well as pure carbon fullerene anions and cations, is the rule, rather than the exception. This suggests that non‐IPR derivatives might be even more common than IPR ones.     

Metallation of fullerenes: electrochemical synthesis and voltammetric study of heterometallic C60 and C70 complexes

Electrochemical synthesis and voltammetric study of new heterotrimetallic exohedral derivatives of [60]- and [70]fullerenes containing palladium and manganese atoms were carried out. The MO involved in redox transitions were determined by the semiempirical quantum-chemical calculations and by the comparison of the potentials for the redox transitions of the heterotrimetallic complexes and their fullerene and metal-containing fragments.     

Triptycene‐Derived Calix[6]arenes: Synthesis,Structures, and Their Complexation with Fullerenes C60 and C70

Two pairs of novel triptycene‐derived calix[6]arenes 4 a , b and 5 a , b have been efficiently synthesized through both one‐pot and two‐step fragment‐coupling strategies starting from 2,7‐bis(hydroxymethyl)‐1,8‐dimethoxytriptycene 1 . Subsequent demethylation of 4 a , b and 5 a , b with BBr₃ in dry dichloromethane gave the macrocyclic compounds 6 a , b and 7 a , b . Treatment of either 4 a or 6 a with AlCl₃ resulted in the same debutylated product 8 , while 9 was similarly obtained from either 5 a or 7 a . Structural studies revealed that all of the macrocycles have well‐defined structures with fixed conformations both in solution and in the solid state owing to the introduction of the triptycene moiety with a rigid three‐dimensional (3D) structure, making them very different from their classical calix[6]arene counterparts. As a consequence, it was found that all of these the triptycene‐derived calix[6]arenes could encapsulate small neutral molecules in their cavities in the solid state. Moreover, it was also found that the macrocycles 4 b and 5 b showed highly efficient complexation abilities toward fullerenes C₆₀ and C₇₀, forming 1:1 complexes with association constants ranging from (5.22±0.20)×10⁴ to (8.68±0.30)×10⁴ M ^?1.     

External Heavy‐Atom Effect on the Prompt and Delayed Fluorescence of [70]Fullerenes

The influence of the external heavy‐atom effect (HAE) on the fluorescence properties of C₇₀ and a C₇₀ methano monoadduct is determined. For this purpose the photophysics of these [70]fullerenes is studied in polystyrene (PS) and in a related heavy‐atom polymer, poly(4‐bromostyrene) (PBS). In the absence of HAE (PS matrix) both fullerenes display a strong thermally activated delayed fluorescence (DF) that is more pronounced in the case of C₇₀. In the presence of HAE (PBS matrix) both prompt (PF) and DF intensities decrease significantly, the same happening to the delayed fluorescence lifetimes. The relative fluorescence intensities (DF intensity/PF intensity) for each fullerene are on the other hand surprisingly similar to the respective ones in PS for the full experimental temperature range. The HAE is responsible for a significant increase of the S₁→T₁ and S₁←T₁ intersystem crossing (ISC) rates, and of the T₁→S₀ radiative rate. In particular, the HAE on a S₁←T₁ ISC rate is reported here for the first time. The overall substantial insensitivity of relative fluorescence intensities to HAE is explained by a compensation effect: As the S₁→T₁ and S₁←T₁ ISC rates on the one hand, and the T₁→S₀ radiative rate on the other hand work in opposition with respect to DF, a near cancellation of effects occurs.     

Tether‐Directed Bisfunctionalization Reactions of C60 and C70

Four easily isolable regio‐ and stereoselective bis‐adducts of C₆₀ and C₇₀, as well as a new C₇₀‐dumbbell derivative, have been synthesized by using two different bismalonate tethered moieties. The derivatives that possess relatively long‐tethered moieties show highly symmetric addition patterns, as evidenced by spectroscopic measurements, whereas the derivatives possessing the shorter‐tethered moiety exhibit interesting addition patterns on C₆₀ and C₇₀.     

Separation of C60 and C70 fullerenes on silica modified by polyaromatic and π-acid aromatic compounds

Separation of C₆₀ and C₇₀ fullerenes by HPLC was studied using sorbents synthesized by reaction of perylenedicarboxylic anhydride, dimethoxyviolanthrene, the tetramer of chromotropic acid with formaldehyde (TCA), trinitrobenzoyl chloride, or chlorotrinitrobenzene with γ-aminopropyl silica. These sorbents possess satisfactory chromatographic properties. The sorbent based on TCA is effective for separation of preparative amounts of fullerenes. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1544–1546, August, 1997.     

富勒烯（C_(60)/C_(70)）与三苯基胺间的光诱导电子转移过程研究

用激光光解方法研究了富勒烯（C_(60)/C_(70)）与三苯基胺（TPA）间的光诱 导电子转移过程。在近红外区,观测到TPA阴离子自由基,富勒烯（C_(60)/C_(70) ）激发三线态和阴离子自由基。在苯腈溶液中,利用瞬态谱测定了电子从TPA转移 到富勒烯（C_(60)/C_(70)）激发三线态的量子转化产率（Φ_(et)）和电子转移常 数（k_(et)）。     

Molecular Complexes of Fullerenes C60 and C70 with Saturated Amines

New molecular complexes of fullerenes C₆₀ and C₇₀ with leuco crystal violet (LCV, 1-3); leucomalachite green (LMG, 4-6); crystal violet lactone (CVL, 7); N,N,N′,N′-tetrabenzyl-p-phenylenediamine (TBPDA, 8, and 9); N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine (TMPDA, 10, and 11); triphenylamine (TPA, 12, and 13); and substituted phenotellurazines (EPTA and TMPTA, 14, and 15) have been synthesized. Crystal structures have been solved for C₆₀ complexes with LMG (5, 6) TBPDA (8), TMPDA (10), and TPA (12). The C₆₀ molecules form closely packed double layers in 5 and 6, hexagonal layers in 10 and quasi-three-dimensional layers in 8 and 12. The substitution of disordered solvent molecules in the complexes with LMG (4, 5) by naphthalene ones results in the ordering of the C₆₀ molecules. According to IR-, UV-visible-NIR and ESR-spectroscopy the complexes have a neutral ground state. The spectra of 1-8, and 10 show intense charge transfer bands in the visible and NIR-range. On photoexcitation by white light (light-induced ESR (LESR) spectroscopy), 1 and 10 were shown to have an excited ionic state. The LESR signals were generated at light energies <2.25 eV indicating that the excited states in the complexes are realized mainly by direct charge transfer from donor to the C₆₀ molecule.     

Thermochemistry of Solvated Crystals of C60> and C70> with o-Xylene

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to study the binary systems of C₆₀-o-xylene and C₇₀-o-xylene and the ternary system C₆₀-C₇₀-o-xylene. Fullerene C₆₀ formed solvated crystals C₆₀·2C₈H₁₀ with incongruent melting point 320 K and with enthalpy of decomposition 31±3 kJ (mol of C₆₀)^-1. Two solvated crystals of C₇₀ with incongruent melting points 283 and 369 K, and with decomposition enthalpies 18.5±2.2 and 23.0±1.5 kJ (mol of C₇₀)^-1, were formed from o-xylene solutions. Three ternary compositions with C₆₀/C₇₀ mole ratios of 3:1, 1:1 and 1:3 were scanned by DSC. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Synthesis and photoinduced energy- and electron-transfer processes of C60-oligothienylenevinylene-C70 dumbbell compounds

Unsymmetric dumbbell molecules based on N-methylpyrrolidine[60]fullerene, oligothienylenevinylenes (nTV; n=2, 4), and N-methylpyrrolidine[70]fullerene, namely, C(60) -nTV-C(70) were synthesized and their photophysical properties were studied. In nonpolar solvents, photoinduced energy-transfer process predominantly takes place from the singlet excited state of nTV to C(60) and C(70) , as was confirmed by time-resolved emission and transient absorption spectroscopy. In polar solvent, charge-separation processes take place instead of energy transfer. The generated charge-separated radical-ion pairs decay to the neutral molecules by a fast charge-recombination process; for n=4, a rate constant of 2×10(7) s(-1) and lifetime of 50 ns were evaluated.     

分离富勒烯的新型高效液相色谱固定相

从分子结构与分子间作用力的关系出发，以富电子性化合物甲苯、α－二甲苯、α－甲基萘修饰的聚苯乙烯－二乙烯苯（ＰＳ－ＤＶＢ）树脂作为固定相分离Ｃ６０、Ｃ７０混合物，获得很好的结果，其中以α－甲基萘修饰ＰＳ－ＤＶＢ和为固定相分离效果最理想。     

ChemInform Abstract: Structural Characterization of C60 and C70 Fullerenes by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering.

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Selective Encapsulation and Chiral Induction of C60 and C70 Fullerenes by Axially Chiral Porous Aromatic Cages

Chiral induction has been an important topic in chemistry, not only for its relevance in understanding the mysterious phenomenon of spontaneous symmetry breaking in nature but also due to its critical implications in medicine and the chiral industry. The induced chirality of fullerenes by host–guest interactions has been rarely reported, mainly attributed to their chiral resistance from high symmetry and challenges in their accessibility. Herein, we report two new pairs of chiral porous aromatic cages (PAC), R- PAC-2 , S- PAC-2 (with Br substituents) and R- PAC-3 , S- PAC-3 (with CH₃ substituents) enantiomers. PAC-2 , rather than PAC-3 , achieves fullerene encapsulation and selective binding of C₇₀ over C₆₀ in fullerene carbon soot. More significantly, the occurrence of chiral induction between R- PAC-2 , S- PAC-2 and fullerenes is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and the intense CD signal within the absorption region of fullerenes. DFT calculations reveal the contribution of electrostatic effects originating from face-to-face arene-fullerene interactions dominate C₇₀ selectivity and elucidate the substituent effect on fullerene encapsulation. The disturbance from the differential interactions between fullerene and surrounding chiral cages on the intrinsic highly symmetric electronic structure of fullerene could be the primary reason accounting for the induced chirality of fullerene.     

Nature of C60 and C70 fullerene encapsulation in a porphyrin- and metalloporphyrin-based cage: Insights from dispersion-corrected density functional theory calculations

The search for efficient synthetic hosts able to encapsulate fullerenes has attracted attention with regard to the purification and formation of ordered supramolecular architectures. This study of a porphyrin-based cage as an extension of the well-described ExCage⁶⁺ and BlueCage⁶⁺, involving viologen as sidearms, provides an interesting scenario where the oblate C₇₀ fullerene is preferred in comparison to the spherical C₆₀. Our results expose the nature of the fullerene-cage interaction involving ∼50% of dispersion-type interactions evidencing the strong π⋯π surface stacking, with a complementary contribution by the electrostatic and orbital polarization character produced by a charge reorganization with a charge accumulation facing the porphyrin macrocycles and a charge depletion along the equator formed by the viologens sidearms. Interestingly, the central N₄H₂ ring from each porphyrin contributes to the dispersion term via N-H⋯π interactions, which is decreased when the metallate N₄Zn is evaluated. Thus, the formation of stable and selective fullerene encapsulation can be achieved by taking into account two main driving forces, namely, (a) the extension of the π⋯π and X-H⋯π stacking surface and (b) charge reorganization over the fullerene surfaces, which can be used to control fine tuning of the encapsulation thanks to the introduction of more electron-deficient and electron-rich groups within the host cage.