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。     

The problem of fullerenes. The chemical aspect

The preparation, structure, and reactivity of the family of polyhedral carbon clusters, novel allotropes of carbon, are reviewed.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 10–19, January, 1993.     

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。     

Lanthanum endohedral metallofulleropyrrolidines: synthesis, isolation, and EPR characterization

Lanthanum endohedral metallofulleropyrrolidines have been synthesized for the first time through addition of an azomethine ylide to La@C(82)-A in toluene. It was found that the addition reaction is very efficient and, to some extent, regioselective. Two major endohedral metallofulleropyrrolidines, a monoadduct and a bisadduct of La@C(82)-A with abundance ratio of approximately 1:0.4, have been isolated by HPLC chromatography and characterized by mass spectrometry, UV/Vis-NIR absorption, and EPR spectroscopy. The electronic structure of La@C(82)-A has been modified slightly upon monoaddition and significantly upon bisaddition of the pyrrolidines.     

小富勒烯研究进展

对近年来C20,C24,C28,C32,C36,C40,C44和C50等小富勒烯及其内嵌、加成和取代衍生物的实验和理论研究进展进行了回顾,并对目前理论研究的热点C2n(n=26~29)进行了讨论.     

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.     

Can a Single Molecule of Water be Completely Isolated Within the Subnano‐Space Inside the Fullerene C60 Cage? A Quantum Chemical Prospective

Based on an experimental observation, it has been controversially suggested in a study (Kurotobi et al., Science 2011 , 33, 613) that a single molecule of water can completely be localized within the subnano‐space inside the fullerene C₆₀ cage and, that neither the H atoms nor the O lone‐pairs are linked, either via hydrogen bonding or through dative bonding, with the interior C‐framework of the C₆₀ cage. To resolve the controversy, electronic structure calculations were performed by using the density functional theory, together with the quantum theory of atoms in molecules, the natural population and bond orbital analyses, and the results were analyzed by using varieties of recommended diagnostics often used to interpret noncovalent interactions. The present results reveal that the mechanically entrapped H₂O molecule is not electronically innocent of the presence of the cage; each H atom of H₂O is weakly O? H???C₆₀ bonded, whereas the O lone‐pairs are O???C₆₀ bonded regardless of the conformations investigated. Exploration of various featured properties suggests that H₂O@C₆₀ may be regarded as a unique system composed of both inter‐ and intramolecular interactions.     

Expanding the Number of Stable Isomeric Structures of the C80 Cage: A New Fullerene Dy3N@C80

The production, isolation, and spectroscopic characterization of a new Dy₃N@C₈₀ cluster fullerene that exhibits three isomers ( 1 – 3 ) is reported for the first time. In addition, the third isomer ( 3 ) forms a completely new C₈₀ cage structure that has not been reported in any endohedral fullerenes so far. The isomeric structures of the Dy₃N@C₈₀ cluster fullerene were analyzed by studying HPLC retention behavior, laser desorption time‐of‐flight (LD‐TOF) mass spectrometry, and UV‐Vis‐NIR and FTIR spectroscopy. The three isomers of Dy₃N@C₈₀ were all large band‐gap (1.51, 1.33, and 1.31 eV for 1 – 3 , respectively) materials, and could be classified as very stable fullerenes. According to results of FTIR spectroscopy, the Dy₃N@C₈₀ (I) ( 1 ) was assigned to the fullerene cage C₈₀:7 (I_h), whereas Dy₃N@C₈₀ (II) ( 2 ) had the cage structure of C₈₀:6 (D_5h). The most probable cage structure of Dy₃N@C₈₀ (III) ( 3 ) was proposed to be C₈₀:1 (D_5d). The significant differences between Dy₃N@C₈₀ and other reported M₃N@C₈₀ (M=Sc, Y, Gd, Tb, Ho, Er, Tm) cluster fullerenes are discussed in detail, and the strong influence of the metal on the nitride cluster fullerene formation is concluded.     

Packed to the Rafters: Filling up C60 with Rare Gas Atoms

How many rare gas atoms can be placed into a fullerene cage until the pressure becomes large enough to break the C₆₀ framework? The answer given by density functional and ab initio computations is surprising and underlines the high stability of this unique carbon structure.     

富勒烯的化学研究进展

本文评述了富勒烯化学研究的新进展, 从[ 60 ]、[ 70 ]富勒烯的化学修饰、富勒烯金属包合物、掺杂富勒烯、碳纳米管以及富勒烯的化学合成等几个方面着重介绍了国际上富勒烯研究的热点, 对进一步研究的方向进行了讨论。     

An Expanded Family of Dysprosium–Scandium Mixed‐Metal Nitride Clusterfullerenes: The Role of the Lanthanide Metal on the Carbon Cage Size Distribution

A large family of dysprosium–scandium (Dy‐Sc) mixed‐metal nitride clusterfullerenes (MMNCFs), Dy_xSc_3?xN@C_2n (x=1, 2, 2n=68, 70, 76–86) have been successfully synthesized and isolated. Among these, the C₇₀ and C₈₂‐based MMNCFs are two new cages that have never been isolated for MMNCFs. Synthesis of Dy_xSc_3?xN@C_2n was accomplished by the “selective organic solid” route using guanidinium thiocyanate as the nitrogen source, and their isolation was fulfilled by recycling HPLC. UV/Vis‐NIR spectroscopic study indicates that almost all Dy_xSc_3?xN@C_2n MMNCFs are kinetically stable fullerenes with optical band gaps beyond 1 eV. This feature is distinctly different to their counterparts Dy₃N@C_2n (78≤2n≤88), whose for optical band‐gaps are below 1 eV for relatively large cages such as C₈₄ and C₈₆. An FTIR spectroscopic study in combination with DFT calculations enables reasonable assignments of the cage isomeric structures of all isolated Dy_xSc_3?xN@C_2n (x=1, 2, 2n=68, 70, 76–86) MMNCFs. The carbon cage size distribution of Dy_xSc_3?xN@C_2n (2n=68, 70, 76–86) is compared to the reported Dy₃N@C_2n (78≤2n≤8) homogeneous NCF and Dy_xSc_3?xN@C_2n (78≤2n≤88) MMNCF families, revealing that the medium‐sized Dy metal plays a crucial role on the expanded cage size distribution of MMNCFs. As a result, Dy_xSc_3?xN@C_2n MMNCFs are the largest MMNCF family reported to date.