Visible and near-IR spectroscopy of endohedral Gd@C82(C 2v ) and Ho@C82(C 2v ) metallofullerenes and their monoanions

Solutions of endohedral Gd@C₈₂(C _2v ) and Ho@C₈₂(C _2v ) metallofullerenes are studied by means of visible and near-IR spectroscopy upon their conversion from neutral to the anionic form via a redox reaction with the electron donor potassium perchlorotriphenylmethide K(18-crown-6)[C(C₆Cl₅)₃]. The concentrations of the studied solutions of endohedral Gd@C₈₂(C _2v ) and Ho@C₈₂(C _2v ) metallofullerenes in o-dichlorobenzene were determined from the spectroscopic data, and their molar extinction coefficients are calculated.

     

Role of Silicon Carbide in Arc Discharge Synthesis of Higher Fullerenes

Technical Physics - The effects that the presence of silicon atoms in the zone of electric arc used for evaporation of graphite electrodes has on the efficiency of formation of higher fullerenes...     

Electric-arc synthesis of soot with high content of higher fullerenes in parallel arc

Soot with a relatively high content of higher fullerenes (C₇₆, C₇₈, C₈₀, C₈₂, C₈₄, C₈₆, etc.) is synthesized in a parallel arc upon evaporation of pure carbon electrodes. The content of higher fullerenes in soot extract amounts to 13.8 wt % when two electrodes are simultaneously burnt in electric-arc reactor. Such a content is comparable with the content obtained upon evaporation of composite graphite electrodes with potassium carbonate impurity.     

Determination of molar extinction coefficients for endohedral metallofullerene Dy@C<Subscript>82</Subscript>(C<Subscript>2v</Subscript>)

Isomerically pure endohedral metallofullerene Dy@C₈₂(C _2v) was synthesized by the electric arc method, extracted from the soot with o-dichlorobenzene, isolated from the extract by HPLC, and characterized by mass spectrometry and spectrophotometry. The spectrophotometric titration of a solution of endohedral metallofullerene Dy@C₈₂(C _2v) was conducted with potassium perchlorotriphenylmethide. The concentration of Dy@C82(C _2v) in o-dichlorobenzene was determined, and the molar absorption coefficients for its neutral and anionic forms were calculated (3.0?10³ (at 927 nm) and 4.0?10³ mol^–1 L cm^–1 (at 884 nm), respectively.