RESOLUTION AND CONFIGURATIONAL STABILITY OF THE CHIRAL FULLERENES C-76, C-78, AND C-84 - A LIMIT FOR THE ACTIVATION-ENERGY OF THE STONE-WALES TRANSFORMATION

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HAWKINS, JM [1 ]
NAMBU, M [1 ]
MEYER, A [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,DEPT CHEM,BERKELEY,CA 94720
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10.1021/ja00096a022
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O6 [化学];
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Chiral fullerenes C-76, C-78, and C-84 were kinetically resolved by asymmetric osmylation providing three optically active allotropes of elemental carbon. The circular dichroism spectra of D-3 C-78 and D-2 C-84 are more detailed than the corresponding UV-vis spectra. Optically active C-76 and C-84 are configurationally stable under conditions approaching their limit of thermal (600-700 degrees C) and photochemical (193 nm) stability. Given the potential racemization of D-2 C-84 by two consecutive Stone-Wales pyracylene transformations, the configurational stability of C-84 at 700 degrees C sets a limit for the activation energy of the Stone-Wales transformation of > 83 kcal/mol.
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