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Viktor P Bogdanov1,2, Victor A Brotsman1, Nikita M Belov1
1Chemistry Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1-3, 119991, Moscow, Russia.
Abstract:
Alkylation of homofullerene [6,6]-C60 (CF2 )2- dianion with the set of alkyl halides, RX, was established to demonstrate an effect of RX nature on the conversion, product composition, and regioselectivity. The respective C60 (CF2 )RH, C60 (CF2 )R2 and C60 (CF2 )R'R'' compounds were obtained in the reaction with sterically unhindered RX, isolated by HPLC and unequivocally characterized. The kinetic studies evidenced SN 2 mechanism for both alkylation steps, yielding mono- and dialkylated C60 (CF2 ), respectively, and indicated the negative charge localization at the bridgehead carbon atoms as well as a steric hindrance of the CF2 moiety likely to be a key factors for the SN 2 reaction mechanism and observed regioselectivity. The significant difference in the rate constants of the first and the second steps is attributed to the different activation barriers predicted by DFT calculations which makes possible to develop synthetic methods for the regioselective preparation of monoalkylated C60 (CF2 )RH and heterodialkylated C60 (CF2 )R'R'' derivatives.
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