Influence of Electron Doping on the Hydrogenation of Fullerene C60: A Theoretical Investigation

Dral P, Shubina T, Hirsch A, Clark T (2011)


Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2011

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Original Authors: Dral P.O., Shubina T.E., Hirsch A., Clark T.

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell / Wiley-VCH Verlag

Book Volume: 12

Pages Range: 2581-2589

Journal Issue: 14

DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201100529

Abstract

The influence of electron attachment on the stability of the mono-and dihydrogenated buckminsterfullerene C was studied using density functional theory and semiempirical molecular orbital techniques. We have also assessed the reliability of computationally accessible methods that are important for investigating the reactivity of graphenic species and surfaces in general. The B3LYP and M06L functionals with the 6-311+G(d,p) basis set and MNDO/c are found to be the best methods for describing the electron affinities of C and C H . It is shown that simple frontier molecular orbital analyses at both the AM1 and B3LYP/6-31G(d) levels are useful for predicting the most favourable position of protonation of C H , that is, formation of the kinetically controlled product 1,9-dihydro[60]fullerene, which is also the thermodynamically controlled product, in agreement with experimental and previous theoretical studies. We have shown that reduction of exo-and endo-C H makes them more stable in contrast to the reduction of the exo,exo-1,9-C H , reduced forms of which decompose more readily, in agreement with experimental electrochemical studies. However, most other dihydro[60]fullerenes are stabilized by reduction and the regioselectivity of addition is predicted to decrease as the less stable isomers are stabilized more by the addition of electrons than the two most stable ones (1,9 and 1,7). Copyright © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

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Dral, P., Shubina, T., Hirsch, A., & Clark, T. (2011). Influence of Electron Doping on the Hydrogenation of Fullerene C60: A Theoretical Investigation. ChemPhysChem, 12(14), 2581-2589. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201100529

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Dral, Pavlo, et al. "Influence of Electron Doping on the Hydrogenation of Fullerene C60: A Theoretical Investigation." ChemPhysChem 12.14 (2011): 2581-2589.

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