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Hindered internal rotation in perfluoroalkyl-C[sub 60] radicals

Journal Article · · Journal of Physical Chemistry; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100070a009· OSTI ID:7069596
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  1. National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (Canada)
The EPR spectra of a series of perfluoroalkyl-C[sub 60] radicals F[sub 3-n]C(CF[sub 3])[sub n]C[sub 60] (3 [ge] n [ge] 0) are described and discussed. It is concluded that the enthalpy barrier hindering rotation about the C-C[sub 60] bond in CF[sub 3]C[sub 60] is ca. 7 kcal/mol and that in the nonrotating configuration its [sup 19]F nuclei have hyperfine interactions of opposite sign. On the EPR time scale. CF[sub 3]CF[sub 2]C[sub 60] is locked into the symmetric configuration. The equilibrium configuration of (CF[sub 3])[sub 2]CFC[sub 60] is asymmetric, and the barrier between its two enantiomeric forms is ca. 3.5 kcal/mol. In the case of (CF[sub 3])[sub 3]CC[sub 60], the CF[sub 3] groups liberate in synchrony with rotation about the C-C[sub 60] bond. 16 refs., 3 figs., 1 tab.
OSTI ID:
7069596
Journal Information:
Journal of Physical Chemistry; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry; (United States) Vol. 98:19; ISSN JPCHAX; ISSN 0022-3654
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English