A comparison of the photochemical reactivity of N@C60 and C60: photolysis with disilirane

Takatsugu Wakahara; Yoichiro Matsunaga; Akira Katayama; Yutaka Maeda; Masahiro Kako; Takeshi Akasaka; Mutsuo Okamura; Tatsuhisa Kato; Yoong-Kee Choe; Kaoru Kobayashi; Shigeru Nagase; Houjin Huang; Masafumi Ata

doi:10.1039/B309470G

A comparison of the photochemical reactivity of N@C₆₀ and C₆₀: photolysis with disilirane†

Takatsugu Wakahara,^a Yoichiro Matsunaga,^a Akira Katayama,^b Yutaka Maeda,^a Masahiro Kako,^c Takeshi Akasaka,*^a Mutsuo Okamura,^b Tatsuhisa Kato,^d Yoong-Kee Choe,^d Kaoru Kobayashi,^d Shigeru Nagase,*^d Houjin Huang^e and Masafumi Ata^e

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^a Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance, Department of Chemistry, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan

^b Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan

^c Department of Applied Physics and Chemistry, The University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan

^d Department of Theoretical Studies, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan

^e Materials Laboratories, Sony Corporation, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 240-0036, Japan

Abstract

N@C₆₀ has a lower photochemical reactivity toward disilirane than C₆₀, although N@C₆₀ does not differ from C₆₀ in its thermal reactivity; theoretical calculations reveal that N@C₆₀ and C₆₀ have the same orbital levels and that N@³C₆₀* has a shorter lifetime than ³C₆₀*.

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A comparison of the photochemical reactivity of N@C₆₀ and C₆₀: photolysis with disilirane†

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