Spherical aromaticity of Jahn-Teller active fullerene ions
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2013
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Perić, Marko
Anđelković, Ljubica

Zlatar, Matija

Nikolić, Aleksandar S.

Daul, Claude

Gruden-Pavlović, Maja

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Density functional theory was applied to compute the nucleus-independent chemical shifts of fullerene (C-60), the fullerene ion C-60 (10+), and the Jahn-Teller active fullerene anion C-60 (-) and cation C-60 (+). Positioning a He-3 nucleus inside the cage of each of these fullerene species facilitates investigations of the substantial differences among them, He-3 NMR chemical shifts can provide important data on the aromatic behavior of these molecular cages. Thus, we also calculated the NMR chemical shift of a He-3 atom positioned at the center of each fullerene species investigated (C-60, C-60 (10+), C-60 (-), and C-60 (+)). The data obtained revealed significant differences in the aromatic behavior of the C-60 (moderately aromatic) and C-60 (10+) (highly aromatic) species. The values of the nucleus-independent chemical shift parameters were also scanned along the intrinsic distortion path for the C-60 (-) and C-60 (+) species. In both cases, antiaromatic character decreases with inc...reasing deviation from high-symmetry structures to low-symmetry global minimum points, resulting in the antiaromatic C-60 (-) and weakly aromatic C-60 (+).
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Density functional theory / Spherical aromaticity / Jahn-Teller effect / Fullerene ionsSource:
Monatshefte Fur Chemie, 2013, 144, 6, 817-823Publisher:
- Springer Wien, Wien
Projects:
- Rational design and synthesis of biologically active and coordination compounds and functional materials, relevant for (bio)nanotechnology (RS-172035)
- Swiss National Science Foundation
DOI: 10.1007/s00706-013-0943-5
ISSN: 0026-9247