Fragmentation behavior, fullerenes

The electrochemical properties of the first highly conjugated vinylogous 72 covalently attached to C6o-fullerene and determined by CV in solution revealed the electroactive character of both donor and acceptor moieties. Thus, the 7t-extended donor fragment showed a two-electron single wave due to formation of a stable dicationic species in contrast to the behavior of TTF itself and its derivatives, which formed stable radical cations <1997JOC5690>. 

The dynamic behavior of the metal moiety on the fullerene surface has only been briefly investigated. However, there is growing evidence that some complexes may be fluxional, with the metal fragment migrating over the surface of the sphere, i.e., globe-trotting, via a dissociative equilibration. Preliminary H, or NMR studies on the multi-... 

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