Isolation and characterization of a carbene derivative of La@C82

Yutaka Maeda; Yoichiro Matsunaga; Takatsugu Wakahara; Satomi Takahashi; Takahiro Tsuchiya; Midori O Ishitsuka; Tadashi Hasegawa; Takeshi Akasaka; Michael T H Liu; Kisato Kokura; Ernst Horn; Kenji Yoza; Tatsuhisa Kato; Shingo Okubo; Kaoru Kobayashi; Shigeru Nagase; Kazunori Yamamoto

doi:10.1021/ja0316115

Isolation and characterization of a carbene derivative of La@C82

J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Jun 9;126(22):6858-9. doi: 10.1021/ja0316115.

Authors

Yutaka Maeda¹, Yoichiro Matsunaga, Takatsugu Wakahara, Satomi Takahashi, Takahiro Tsuchiya, Midori O Ishitsuka, Tadashi Hasegawa, Takeshi Akasaka, Michael T H Liu, Kisato Kokura, Ernst Horn, Kenji Yoza, Tatsuhisa Kato, Shingo Okubo, Kaoru Kobayashi, Shigeru Nagase, Kazunori Yamamoto

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan.

PMID: 15174842
DOI: 10.1021/ja0316115

Abstract

The photochemical reaction of La@C82 with 2-adamantane-2,3-[3H]-diazirine affords adduct 2, La@C82(Ad), in a quantitative and highly selective manner. The structure of compound 2 is confirmed by ESR, MS, and UV-vis-NIR spectroscopies, and the first X-ray crystallographic characterization of an endohedral monometallofullerene derivative is reported.