Formation of {Co(dppe)}2{μ2-η(2):η(2)-η(2):η(2)-[(C60)2]} Dimers Bonded by Single C-C Bonds and Bridging η(2)-Coordinated Cobalt Atoms

Dmitri V Konarev; Sergey I Troyanov; Kseniya A Ustimenko; Yoshiaki Nakano; Alexander F Shestakov; Akihiro Otsuka; Hideki Yamochi; Gunzi Saito; Rimma N Lyubovskaya

doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00637

Formation of {Co(dppe)}2{μ2-η(2):η(2)-η(2):η(2)-[(C60)2]} Dimers Bonded by Single C-C Bonds and Bridging η(2)-Coordinated Cobalt Atoms

Inorg Chem. 2015 May 18;54(10):4597-9. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00637. Epub 2015 Apr 28.

Authors

Dmitri V Konarev¹, Sergey I Troyanov², Kseniya A Ustimenko^{1

2}, Yoshiaki Nakano³, Alexander F Shestakov¹, Akihiro Otsuka³, Hideki Yamochi³, Gunzi Saito⁴, Rimma N Lyubovskaya¹

Affiliations

¹ †Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow region, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia.
² ‡Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
³ §Research Center for Low Temperature and Materials Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
⁴ ¶Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University, 1-501 Shiogamaguchi, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya 468-8502, Japan.

PMID: 25918837
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00637

Abstract

Coordination of two bridging cobalt atoms to fullerenes by the η(2) type in {Co(dppe)}2{μ2-η(2):η(2)-η(2):η(2)-[(C60)2]}·3C6H4Cl2 [1; dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane] triggers fullerene dimerization with the formation of two intercage C-C bonds of 1.571(4) Å length. Coordination-induced fullerene dimerization opens a path to the design of fullerene structures bonded by both covalent C-C bonds and η(2)-coordination-bridged metal atoms.