Covalently chemical modification of lithium ion-encapsulated fullerene: synthesis and characterization of [Li+@PCBM]PF6(-)

Yutaka Matsuo; Hiroshi Okada; Masashi Maruyama; Hiroyasu Sato; Hiromi Tobita; Yoshihiro Ono; Kenji Omote; Kazuhiko Kawachi; Yasuhiko Kasama

doi:10.1021/ol301671n

Covalently chemical modification of lithium ion-encapsulated fullerene: synthesis and characterization of [Li+@PCBM]PF6(-)

Org Lett. 2012 Jul 20;14(14):3784-7. doi: 10.1021/ol301671n. Epub 2012 Jul 6.

Authors

Yutaka Matsuo¹, Hiroshi Okada, Masashi Maruyama, Hiroyasu Sato, Hiromi Tobita, Yoshihiro Ono, Kenji Omote, Kazuhiko Kawachi, Yasuhiko Kasama

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo , 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University , Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan, Rigaku Corporation , Akishima, Tokyo 196-8666, Japan, Ideal Star Inc. , Aoba-ku, Sendai 989-3204, Japan, and Idea International Corporation , Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan.

PMID: 22769725
DOI: 10.1021/ol301671n

Abstract

Covalently organic derivatization of [Li(+)@C60]PF6(-) to obtain Li(+)-encapsulated PCBM, [Li(+)@PCBM]PF6(-), is described. Synthetic procedures, electrochemical properties, light absorption properties, details of isomerization from [5,6]- to [6,6]-isomer, and X-ray crystal structure of [Li(+)@PCBM]PF6(-) are discussed.