New Horizons in Chemical Functionalization of Endohedral Metallofullerenes

Michio Yamada; Michael T H Liu; Shigeru Nagase; Takeshi Akasaka

doi:10.3390/molecules25163626

New Horizons in Chemical Functionalization of Endohedral Metallofullerenes

Molecules. 2020 Aug 10;25(16):3626. doi: 10.3390/molecules25163626.

Authors

Michio Yamada¹, Michael T H Liu², Shigeru Nagase³, Takeshi Akasaka^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan.
² Department of Chemistry, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE C1A4P3, Canada.
³ Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8103, Japan.
⁴ TARA Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan.
⁵ Foundation for Advancement of International Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0821, Japan.
⁶ State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Dye and Mold Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.

Abstract

This overview explains some new aspects of chemical functionalization of endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs) that have been unveiled in recent years. After differences in chemical reactivity between EMFs and the corresponding empty fullerenes are discussed, cage-opening reactions of EMFs are examined. Then, the selective bisfunctionalization of EMFs is explained. Finally, single-bonding derivatization of EMFs is addressed. The diversity and applicability of the chemical functionalization of endohedral metallofullerenes are presented to readers worldwide.

Keywords: addition reactions; carbenes; chemical functionalization; electrochemistry; endohedral metallofullerene; fullerene; lanthanide ions; nanocarbon; pericyclic reactions; radicals.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Carbon / chemistry
Cycloaddition Reaction
Fullerenes / chemistry*
Lanthanoid Series Elements / chemistry
Models, Chemical
Quantum Theory

Substances

Fullerenes
Lanthanoid Series Elements
Carbon