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Yi-Chun Zhang1, Haoxuan Li2, Shun-Ze Zhan1
1College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Key (Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint) Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou515063, China.
Abstract:
Four C60/C70-embedded copper(I)-imidazole/pyrazolate macrocyclic supramolecular complexes were synthesized through a facile one-pot solvothermal approach. The structural difference between Ih-C60 and D5h-C70 effectively templates chair- and boat-like macrocyclic conformations, respectively. Tuning the ligand ratio yields additional cyclic trinuclear Cu3Pz3 clusters anchored on boat-like macrocycles via π-acid···Cl interactions, further constructing 2-fold interpenetrated crs topological networks. Combined Hirshfeld surface, independent gradient model based on Hirshfeld Partition (IGMH) analysis, and energy decomposition analyses (EDA) demonstrate that host-guest interactions between fullerene and macrocycle are dominated by dispersion forces, and C70 exhibits stronger binding affinity than C60. Spectroscopic experiments and time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) calculations reveal that synergistic (Cu, Cl) → π*(fullerene) charge transfer and π → π* transitions within fullerenes cause their broad absorption, with the enhanced intrinsic visible-light absorption of C70 in C70-embedded complexes. This work establishes a clear structure-property relationship for the rational design of fullerene-based optoelectronic supramolecular materials.
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