Chemistry at the Nanoscale: Synthesis of an N@C60-N@C60 Endohedral Fullerene Dimer

J. Farrington, B.; Jevric, M.; A. Rance, G.; Ardavan, A.; N. Khlobystov, A.; A. D. Briggs, G.; Porfyrakis, K.

Abstract

Rattling the cage: The rapid one-pot double 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of the rare endohedral fullerene N@C60 to an oligo(p-phenylene polyethylene) bis(aldehyde) using a novel amino acid derivative as an anchoring group is reported. The method provides the first example of a chemically linked, two-spin-center N@C60–N@C60 molecule (see picture). Assessment of this platform as an element of a quantum computing register is attractive.

Citation

J. Farrington, B., Jevric, M., A. Rance, G., Ardavan, A., N. Khlobystov, A., A. D. Briggs, G., & Porfyrakis, K. (2012). Chemistry at the Nanoscale: Synthesis of an N@C60-N@C60 Endohedral Fullerene Dimer. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 51(15), 3587-3590. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201107490

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Mar 1, 2012
• Publication Date: Apr 10, 2012
• Deposit Date: Mar 20, 2025
• Journal: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
• Print ISSN: 1433-7851
• Electronic ISSN: 1521-3773
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 15
• Pages: 3587-3590
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201107490
• Keywords: cage compounds, cycloaddition, dimerization, fullerenes, synthesis design
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/24586712
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201107490