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Preparation and Characterization of C60/Graphene Hybrid Nanostructures
Published on: May 15, 2018
Formation of singly bonded PhCH2C60-C60CH2Ph dimers from 1,2-(PhCH2)HC60 via electroreductive C60-H activation
Wei-Wei Yang1, Zong-Jun Li, Xiang Gao
1State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun 130022, Jilin, China.
Abstract:
Singly bonded PhCH(2)C(60)-C(60)CH(2)Ph dimers are generated via controlled-potential bulk electroreduction and electrooxidation of 1,2-(PhCH(2))HC(60). The reaction mixture was purified by HPLC, and the isolated fraction was characterized with single-crystal X-ray diffractions, (1)H and (13)NMR, MS, elemental analysis, and cyclic voltammetry. It was shown that the fraction consists of two HPLC-inseparable PhCH(2)C(60)-C(60)CH(2)Ph regioisomers, which are assigned as the meso and racemic regioisomers. The bulk electrolysis processes for the formation of the dimers were followed by in situ cyclic voltammetry and were further corroborated with an in situ voltammetric titration of 1,2-(PhCH(2))HC(60) with tetra-n-butylammonium hydroxide (TBAOH), on the basis of which a reaction mechanism is proposed.
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