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Maria P Kosaya1, Tatiana S Yankova1, Alexey V Rybalchenko1
1Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1-3, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
Abstract:
We report a comprehensive study of a novel isomer of C70(CF3)12, p9mp-C70(CF3)12, whose electrochemical behavior differs from most of the other trifluoromethylated fullerenes. The addition pattern of p9mp-C70(CF3)12 is established by means of 19F-19F COSY NMR spectroscopy and DFT calculations. Like p7mp-C70(CF3)10, the new isomer p9mp-C70(CF3)12 undergoes dimerization to the [C70(CF3)12]22- upon single-electron reduction. The electrochemical observations are supported by the DFT calculations of dimerization energy and the temperature dependence of the CW X-band EPR spectroscopy data. Experimentally determined dimerization energies of p9mp-C70(CF3)12-• and p7mp-C70(CF3)10-• in solution are ca -8 and -26 kJ mol-1, respectively, in good correspondence with DFT data.
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