Semiempirical molecular dynamics studies of C60/C70 fullerene oxides: C60O, C60O2 and C70O

The spectral analysis indicates that all isomers of C₆₀O, C₇₀O and C₆₀O₂ have an epoxide-like structure (an oxygen atom bridging across a C–C bond). According to the geometrical structure analysis, there are two isomers of fullerene monoxide C₆₀O (the 5,6 bond and the 6,6 bond), eight isomers of fullerene monoxide C₇₀O and eight isomers of fullerene dioxide C₆₀O₂. In order to simulate the real reaction conditions at 300 K, the calculation of the different isomers of C₆₀O, C₆₀O₂ and C₇₀O fullerene oxides was carried out using the semiempirical molecular dynamics method with two different approaches: (a) consideration of the geometries and thermodynamic stabilities, and (b) consideration of the ozonolysis mechanism. According to the semiempirical molecular dynamic calculation analysis, the probable product of this ozonolysis reaction is C₆₀O with oxygen bridging over the 6–6 bond (C_2v). The most probable product in this reaction contains oxygen bridging across in the upper part of C₇₀ (6–6 bond in C₇₀O-2 or C₇₀O-4) an epoxide-like structure. C₆₀O₂-1, C₆₀O₂-3 and C₆₀O₂-5 are the most probable products for the fullerene dioxides. All of these reaction products are consistent with the experimental results. It is confirmed that the calculation results with the semiempirical molecular dynamics method are close to the experimental work. The semiempirical molecular dynamics method can offer both the reaction temperature effect by molecular dynamics and electronic structure, dipole moment by quantum chemistry calculation.     

The hydrogenolysis of C60 and C70

Temperature-programmed reaction (TPR) of C₆₀ and C₇₀ with H₂ was carried out on nickel in order to investigate the thermal stability of the fullerenes in the catalytic hydrogenation. The TPR profiles showed two methanation peaks and the corresponding weight decrease above 420°C, indicating the hydrogenolysis to CH₄. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Catalytic hydrogenation of C60 on transition metals

The catalytic hydrogenation of C₆₀ on Ru, Rh and Ir produced C₆₀H₁₈ mainly, while Pd, Pt, Co and Ni catalysts gave C₆₀H₃₆ principally. Very little activity was observed on Au and Fe. The higher hydrogenated fullerene obtained on Pd, Pt, Co and Ni was ascribed to the smaller % d-character of the metallic bond, on which the fullerene and hydrogen may more strongly be adsorbed. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Theoretical investigation of two-photon absorption properties for a series of bifluorene molecules

The two-photon absorption (TPA) cross-sections of a series of bifluorene molecules with different substituents (constructing three types of structures D–π–D, A–π–A and D–π–A) were calculated using ZINDO/SOS program. The results showed that the A–π–A structure with strong substituent-nitro had the largest TPA cross-section for these molecules. To verify the results, we analyzed the charge quantity of the ground and the main excited states as well as the frontier orbitals of the investigated molecules. The equilibrium geometries were obtained with AM1 method, and using ZINDO-SOS to calculate the third-order nonlinearities of the molecules, then gained the TPA cross-sections. We found that for the compounds with bifluorene as π center, the donor and acceptor strength are the important factor for the enhancement of the TPA properties, and compared with molecules with fluorene as π center, the large TPA cross-sections of bifluorene are caused by coupling effects between the two monomers.     

Theoretical study of the two-photon absorption properties of octupolar complexes with Cu(I), Zn(II) and Al(III) as centers and bis-cinnamaldimine as ligands

The equilibrium geometries, electronic structures, one- and two-photon absorption (TPA) properties of a series of octupolar complexes with the Cu(I), Zn(II) and Al(III) as coordinate centers and the bis-cinnamaldimine as ligands have been studied using the B3LYP/6-31G(d) and ZINDO-SOS methods. Compared with the dipolar metal complexes, all the octupolar metal complexes (including tetrahedral and octahedral complexes) have relatively large TPA cross-sections, indicating that building octupolar metal complex is an effective route to design of promising TPA material. Lewis acidity of metal center and molecular symmetry are two important factors for enhancement of TPA cross-section of metal complex. Due to the stronger Lewis acidity of Zn(II) than Cu(I) as well as Al(III) than Zn(II), the tetrahedral Zn(II) complex exhibits a TPA cross-section larger than that of the tetrahedral Cu(I) complex, the maximum TPA position of the octahedral Al(III) complex is red-shifted relative to the octahedral Zn(II) complex, and at the same time, the octahedral Al(III) complex has a large TPA cross-section. Compared with the tetrahedral complexes, the TPA cross-sections of the octahedral complexes are enhanced due to the increased number of ligands.     

氯化锌催化下C60与枞酸的反应

拟利用枞酸分子中的非同环共轭二烯在氯化锌作用下异构化成具有同环共轭二烯的海松酸结构, 再与C₆₀进行Diels-Alder加成反应, 预测可以得到Diels-Alder加成产物. C₆₀、枞酸及氯化锌在邻二氯苯溶剂中, 在氮气保护下于175～180 ℃反应8 h, 将反应物洗涤后进行硅胶柱层析分离, 采用FT-IR, ¹³C NMR, ¹H NMR和MALDI-TOF-MS等分析方法对反应主要产物进行结构测定, 却意外发现得到C₆₀与枞酸的加成过程中发生了脱羧脱氢反应且产物含有芳环的化学结构.     

Modeling nanoscopic formations of C60 on supporting substrates

Research into the controlled formation of nano-structured cluster-based layers on various types of supporting substrates occupies a very prominent place in both the experimental surface physics and in the newly emerging field of computational condensed matter physics, where such processes are modeled via computer-based numerical simulations at the atomic and molecular levels. One area of deep interest is the growth of nano-scale formations of C₆₀ fullerene on metallic and semi-conducting surfaces, which have potential applications in quantum-scale device fabrication. We review the field of C₆₀ adsorption on a variety of substrates, and then report on the highly accurate numerical simulations that we have performed to model the adsorption of this molecule on the Si and graphite substrates. We also report on the results of our computations of the scanning tunneling microscopy (STM)-like images of a C₆₀ molecule adsorbed on a graphite surface to show that no tip-induced states were responsible for the presence of extra features purported to have been observed in an experiment on this system.     

C60及其衍生物非线性光学材料的研究进展

介绍了非线性光学性质的原理以及目前研究的具有这种特殊性质的功能材料的结构特点和应用. C₆₀具有的特殊结构, 使其在众多领域成为了研究的重点. C₆₀本身就具有良好的非线性光学性能, 对其修饰得到的各种衍生物更体现优良的性质, 尤其是目前人们大量研究的富勒烯高分子化功能材料具有非常快速的非线性响应时间. 因此重点介绍了C₆₀及其衍生物的结构、非线性光学原理、性质和国内外最新的研究状况.     

Theoretical study of C24N4 molecule

Both ab initio 6-31G, 3-21G and STO-3G basis sets and semiempirical PM3 and AM1 molecular orbital calculations are carried out on the C₂₄N₄ molecule of the T_d symmetry group. Results on the fully optimized structure which constrained T_d symmetry, molecular orbitals and vibrational frequency were obtained by both ab initio and semiempirical methods. The binding energy and various thermodynamic properties were also calculated via the PM3 and AM1 semiempirical methods. All the evidence of this work proves that the C₂₄N₄ molecule is stable and that its four six-membered rings with a remarkable delocalized C…C bond are similar to the related rings in the C₆₀ buckminsterfullerene structure.     

A Relative Study on Two-photon Absorption Properties of C60 and C70

We have theoretically investigated the one- and two-photon absorption properties of C60 and C70 using the ZINDO method. From the results it is suggested that the one-photon absorption spectra are in agreement with the experimental observations. It is found that the maximum TPA cross section of C70 is more than twice that of C60,which is consistent with the experimental results. A notable point is that the TPA process of C60 is different from that of C70 as well as other ordinary conjugated molecules.     

Co-aggregation of fullerene C60 and thiophene in the non-aromatic solvent cyclohexene

Co-aggregation of fullerene C₆₀ and thiophene has been studied calorimetrically in cyclohexene at 25 °C. The total aggregation heat is found to depend on initial concentration of thiophene and fall between −1.9 and −5.8 kJ mol⁻¹. The corresponding thiophene/fullerene molar ratio (“co-aggregation number”) ranges from 7 to 12. The data are rationalized by formation of heteromolecular nanoaggregates with intermolecular contacts of both fullerene–thiophene and fullerene–fullerene types. A physical model describing interaction between fullerenes and π-donors in solution is substantiated and used to explain heterogeneity of composites containing fullerenes.     

C60睛胺类衍生物的合成及三阶非线性光学性质

Ｃ６０的三阶非线性光学性质的研究是近年来富勒烯物理化学性质的研究热点之一［１］．研究显示,尽管Ｃ６０具有三维共轭的π电子体系,其本身并不具有大的三阶非线性系数［２,３］．但由于Ｃ６０分子具有较低的三重简并ＬＵＭＯ能级,显示出较强的电负性,能够与适当的?..     

富勒烯[C60]杂环化合物的合成进展

综述了近年来通过环加成反应合成三元、五元、六元和七元杂环C₆₀衍生物的进展.     

Complexes of a bio-molecule and a C60 cage

C₆₀ is the most important fullerene cage and glycine is the simplest representative of a backbone unit of a protein. In this paper, the structures and the energies of glycine–C₆₀ complexes were calculated at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) level DFT. It was found that the binding of glycine to C₆₀ generated a slightly unstable complex via its amino nitrogen, a moderately unstable complex via its hydroxyl oxygen, and a very unstable complex via its carbonyl oxygen. This indicates that fullerene cages might be unable to form stable bindings to proteins via their amino nitrogen, hydroxyl oxygen and carbonyl oxygen active sites.     

C60的加成反应

富勒烯化学是以全碳分子球烯为母体的新兴有机化学领域, 在材料、医学及立体化学合成方法等方面具有广泛的应用和发展前景。本文综述了C₆₀的加成反应, 较全面地展示了富勒烯的化学性质。     

甲基紫精对三乙胺与C60反应的催化作用

采用ESR技术对甲基紫精(MV2 )在三乙胺与C60的电子转移反应中的催化作用进行了研究.反应体系无MV2 存在时,三乙胺与C60并不发生电子转移反应,得不到电荷的分离态;在MV2 存在的条件下,由三乙胺向C60分子的电子转移得以实现,并检测到活泼中间体MV ·及电荷分离态C-·60,MV2 　实质上起到催化剂的作用.     

C60二取代化合物与环状二卟啉相互作用研究

通过紫外-可见吸收光谱研究了环状二卟啉与trans-2,trans-3,trans-4和e型4种吡咯烷二取代C₆₀衍生物（bis-C₆₀）异构体之间的弱相互作用。研究表明,吡咯烷取代基团的引入使富勒烯与二卟啉的结合常数按C₆₀ >单取代C₆₀ >二取代C₆₀的顺序降低。4种bis-C₆₀与二卟啉的结合常数变化顺序为trans-2 >trans-3≈trans-4> e,表明2个取代基间的相对位置对二取代C₆₀与环状二卟啉间作用有一定影响,分析认为主,客体分子间空间位阻效应的差异是导致这一变化的主要原因。以trans-3 bis-C₆₀/二卟啉复合物为代表,通过密度泛函理论模拟了其几何结构和吸收光谱。     

C_(60)二取代化合物与环状二卟啉相互作用研究

通过紫外-可见吸收光谱研究了环状二卟啉与trans-2,trans-3,trans-4和e型4种吡咯烷二取代C60衍生物(bis-C60)异构体之间的弱相互作用。研究表明,吡咯烷取代基团的引入使富勒烯与二卟啉的结合常数按C60单取代C60二取代C60的顺序降低。4种bis-C60与二卟啉的结合常数变化顺序为trans-2trans-3≈trans-4e,表明2个取代基间的相对位置对二取代C60与环状二卟啉间作用有一定影响,分析认为主、客体分子间空间位阻效应的差异是导致这一变化的主要原因。以trans-3 bis-C60/二卟啉复合物为代表,通过密度泛函理论模拟了其几何结构和吸收光谱。     

The intermolecular potential function of Smith–Thakkar type for C60

The intermolecular potential function of Smith–Thakkar type for C₆₀ has been proposed, and its expression is as follows

The unit of u(r) is J/mol, r is the distance between two C₆₀ molecules center and the unit is nm. Some properties of C₆₀ in the gas and crystal have been studied using the interaction potential of Smith–Thakkar type, such as stability of C₆₀ crystals, virial coefficient and lattice dynamics.