TY - JOUR
T1 - Strong interfullerene electronic communication in a bisfullerene- hexarhodium sandwich complex
AU - Lee, Kwangyeol
AU - Choi, Yoon Jeong
AU - Cho, Youn Jaung
AU - Lee, Chang Yeon
AU - Song, Hyunjoon
AU - Lee, Chang Hoon
AU - Lee, Yoon Sup
AU - Park, Joon T.
PY - 2004/8/11
Y1 - 2004/8/11
N2 - Reaction of Rh6(CO)12(dppm)2 (dppm = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)methane) with 1.4 equiv. of C60 in chlorobenzene at 120 °C affords a face-capping C60 derivative Rh6(CO)9(dppm)2(μ3- η2,η2,η2-C60) (1) in 73% yield. Treatment of 1 with excess CNR (10 equiv., R = CH2C 6H5) at 80 °C provides a bisbenzylisocyanide- substituted compound Rh6(CO)7(dppm)2(CNR) 2(μ3-η2,η2, η2-C60) (2) in 59% yield. Reaction of 1 with excess C60 (4 equiv.) in refluxing chlorobenzene followed by treatment with 1 equiv. of CNR at room temperature gives a bisfullerene sandwich complex Rh6(CO)5(dppm)2(CNR)(μ3- η2,η2,η2-C60) 2 (3) in 31% yield. Compounds 1, 2, and 3 have been characterized by spectroscopic and microanalytical methods as well as by X-ray crystallographic studies. Electrochemical properties of 1, 2, and 3 have been examined by cyclic voltammetry. The cyclic voltammograms (CVs) of 1 and 2 show two reversible one-electron redox waves, a reversible one-step two-electron redox wave, and a reversible one-electron redox wave, respectively, within the solvent cutoff window. This observation suggests that compounds 1 and 2 undergo similar C 60-localized electrochemical pathways up to 15 and 2 5-. Each redox wave of 2 appears at more negative potentials compared to that of 1 because of the donor effect of the benzylisocyanide ligand. The CV of compound 3 reveals six reversible well-separated redox waves due to strong interfullerene electronic communication via the Rh6 metal cluster bridge. The electrochemical properties of 1, 2, and 3 have been rationalized by molecular orbital calculations using the density functional theory (DFT) method. In particular, the molecular orbital (MO) calculation reveals significant contribution of the metal cluster center to the unoccupied molecular orbitals in 3, which is consistent with the experimental result of strong interfullerene electronic communication via the Rh6 metal cluster spacer.
AB - Reaction of Rh6(CO)12(dppm)2 (dppm = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)methane) with 1.4 equiv. of C60 in chlorobenzene at 120 °C affords a face-capping C60 derivative Rh6(CO)9(dppm)2(μ3- η2,η2,η2-C60) (1) in 73% yield. Treatment of 1 with excess CNR (10 equiv., R = CH2C 6H5) at 80 °C provides a bisbenzylisocyanide- substituted compound Rh6(CO)7(dppm)2(CNR) 2(μ3-η2,η2, η2-C60) (2) in 59% yield. Reaction of 1 with excess C60 (4 equiv.) in refluxing chlorobenzene followed by treatment with 1 equiv. of CNR at room temperature gives a bisfullerene sandwich complex Rh6(CO)5(dppm)2(CNR)(μ3- η2,η2,η2-C60) 2 (3) in 31% yield. Compounds 1, 2, and 3 have been characterized by spectroscopic and microanalytical methods as well as by X-ray crystallographic studies. Electrochemical properties of 1, 2, and 3 have been examined by cyclic voltammetry. The cyclic voltammograms (CVs) of 1 and 2 show two reversible one-electron redox waves, a reversible one-step two-electron redox wave, and a reversible one-electron redox wave, respectively, within the solvent cutoff window. This observation suggests that compounds 1 and 2 undergo similar C 60-localized electrochemical pathways up to 15 and 2 5-. Each redox wave of 2 appears at more negative potentials compared to that of 1 because of the donor effect of the benzylisocyanide ligand. The CV of compound 3 reveals six reversible well-separated redox waves due to strong interfullerene electronic communication via the Rh6 metal cluster bridge. The electrochemical properties of 1, 2, and 3 have been rationalized by molecular orbital calculations using the density functional theory (DFT) method. In particular, the molecular orbital (MO) calculation reveals significant contribution of the metal cluster center to the unoccupied molecular orbitals in 3, which is consistent with the experimental result of strong interfullerene electronic communication via the Rh6 metal cluster spacer.
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U2 - 10.1021/ja047290u
DO - 10.1021/ja047290u
M3 - Article
C2 - 15291588
AN - SCOPUS:3543146738
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 126
SP - 9837
EP - 9844
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
IS - 31
ER -