TY - JOUR
T1 - Theoretical study of a hybrid type dumbbell-like fullerene dimer C 60=C=C70
AU - Gao, Xingfa
AU - Zhao, Yuliang
AU - Yuan, Hui
AU - Chen, Zhenling
AU - Chai, Zhifang
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to Dr. Xiangqian Hu, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University for important assistance in using the computational equipment, and Prof. Yuanfang Liu and Prof. Xiangyun Wang for discussions. We acknowledge the funding supports from National Natural Science Foundation of China (10490180 and 90406024), National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, Ministry of Science and Technology (2005CB724703), National Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/1/25
Y1 - 2006/1/25
N2 - A recently synthesized new molecule C131 (C60CC 70) is studied using the MNDO, AM1, PM3 and B3LYP methods. [6.6]-8 isomer is the most stable structure of C131. To create C 60CC70, the C70 cage thermodynamically prefers to open bond at the equatorial region. The strain analysis performed for the pristine C70 (D5h) and C70 in C131 revealed that the cycloaddition reaction occurring with the equatorial C-C bond can lead to a larger strain release than occurring with the polar C-C bond of C70. The results provide new insights to understand the observations of C60CC70 as well as the previously reported C 70CC70 and C70O.
AB - A recently synthesized new molecule C131 (C60CC 70) is studied using the MNDO, AM1, PM3 and B3LYP methods. [6.6]-8 isomer is the most stable structure of C131. To create C 60CC70, the C70 cage thermodynamically prefers to open bond at the equatorial region. The strain analysis performed for the pristine C70 (D5h) and C70 in C131 revealed that the cycloaddition reaction occurring with the equatorial C-C bond can lead to a larger strain release than occurring with the polar C-C bond of C70. The results provide new insights to understand the observations of C60CC70 as well as the previously reported C 70CC70 and C70O.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cplett.2005.10.092
DO - 10.1016/j.cplett.2005.10.092
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:30344476428
SN - 0009-2614
VL - 418
SP - 24
EP - 29
JO - Chemical Physics Letters
JF - Chemical Physics Letters
IS - 1-3
ER -