Gas-phase ion/molecule reactions of corannulene, a fullerene subunit

Journal Article · Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1993 · Journal of the American Chemical Society; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00077a088· OSTI ID:5183026

Becker, H; Schwarz, H ^[1]; Javahery, G; Petrie, S; Bohme, D K ^[2]; Cheng, P C; Scott, L T ^[3]

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1. Technische Universitaet, Berlin (Germany)
2. York Univ., North York, Ontario (Canada)
3. Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA (United States)

Corannulene is intriguing, not only because of its highly-strained bowl-like structure, but also as a subunit of C[sub 60] and other fullerenes. The carbon skeleton of corannulene appears several times in C[sub 60], and its curvature mimics the curvature of C[sub 60]. Inspired by this curiosity, and having previously investigated ion/molecule reactions of C[sub 60] cations, we began an unprecedented experimental investigation of ion/molecule reactions of corannulene. Here we report the first observations of gas-phase ion/molecule reactions with corannulene: reactions of the corannulene cation (cor[sup [sm bullet]+]) with C[sub 60] and of neutral corannulene with Ar[sup [sm bullet]+], cor[sup [sm bullet]+], C[sub 60][sup [sm bullet]+], C[sub 60][sup 2+], and C[sub 60][sup [sm bullet]3+]. Both electronic and topographical features are expected to be of consequence in many of these reactions. 22 refs., 1 tab.

• OSTI ID: 5183026
• Journal Information: Journal of the American Chemical Society; (United States), Vol. 115:24; ISSN 0002-7863
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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