Issue 9, 2024

Open-cage fullerenes as ligands for metals

Abstract

The remarkable structures of open-cage fullerenes with functionalization on the outer surface and an accessible inner void make them interesting ligands for reactions with metal complexes. The behaviors of open-cage fullerenes in reactions with various metal complexes are examined and compared to the corresponding reactions with intact fullerenes. The structural results from X-ray diffraction are emphasized. Open-cage fullerenes frequently undergo unanticipated structural changes such as carbon–carbon bond cleavage upon reactions with metal complexes. Much more remains to be learned about the possibility of inserting metal ions larger than Li+ into the interior void of these open-cage fullerenes and about the effects of redox reactions on metal complexes of open-cage fullerenes.

Graphical abstract: Open-cage fullerenes as ligands for metals

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
09 Du 2023
Accepted
19 Ker. 2023
First published
22 Ker. 2023

Dalton Trans., 2024,53, 3930-3948

Open-cage fullerenes as ligands for metals

A. L. Balch, Dalton Trans., 2024, 53, 3930 DOI: 10.1039/D3DT03741J

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