利用原位變溫EPR研究富勒烯雙體籠間的弱C―C鍵

譚　天　楊佳慧　朱春華　王官武　陳家富　蘇吉虎,*

(1中國科學技術大學，合肥微尺度物質科學國家實驗室，近代物理系，合肥230026；2中國科學技術大學，合肥微尺度物質科學國家實驗室，化學系，合肥230026)

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利用原位變溫EPR研究富勒烯雙體籠間的弱C―C鍵

譚天1楊佳慧1朱春華2王官武2陳家富2蘇吉虎1,*

(1中國科學技術大學，合肥微尺度物質科學國家實驗室，近代物理系，合肥230026；2中國科學技術大學，合肥微尺度物質科學國家實驗室，化學系，合肥230026)

本文研究了(C60)2-[P(O)(OCH3)]2富勒烯雙體內的籠間C―C鍵的熱力學性質(該雙體的結構詳見文獻, Chem.Commun.2011,47,6111)。原位、變溫電子順磁共振波譜實驗結果表明，該C―C鍵的鍵離解能(BDE) 為72.4 kJ·mol－1(17.3 kcal·mol－1)，僅約為常見氫鍵的兩倍，或約為常見有機C―C鍵的五分之一。因此，該二聚體于較高溫度時容易發生均裂反應，形成單體自由基；降溫時又容易發生自由基聚合反應。基于該籠間C―C鍵所具有的這些熱力學特性，我們對其可被用于制備有序的富勒烯分子元器件等材料作展開討論。

C60富勒烯雙體；籠間C―C鍵；熱力學性質；鍵離解能；電子順磁共振波譜學

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1　Introduction

Molecular devices have been studied and applied because of supplying high-performance analytical systems and wide applications1－4.One of them,fullerene,since its discovery in 1985 by Kroto et al.5,is of great interest for its unique chemical and physical properties6－8.A great effort has been made on fullerene molecules and their derivative,and the potential application6－11. Fullerenes used in most of these studies are powder or solution ordopant12,since the single crystals with the rather larger scale are difficult to be grown.For some applications,the aligned fullerenes are however necessary8,for example,the multilayers at Si surface13.The de novo preparation of the aligned fullerenes is difficult since they are synthesized at~2300 K6,7,14.Fullerene oligomers, i.e.the dimer and trimer,are generally produced by the chemical modifications15－18.For[C60]fullerene,an intercage C―C bond is present in the[C60]fullerene dimer,and the dimerization has been found to be promoted by the manganese(III)-catalyzed acetatemediated reaction(Scheme 1)16,17.Although the fullerene oligomers are not stable,the thermodynamics property of this intercage C―C bond is not clear when compared to those of the common organic C―C bonds19.This,however,has not been studied,which might be of importance as a very fundamental and crucial question19.Chemically,the different stability of C―C bond gives to the different active property in the designed experiments.In the present study,this question was stressed,and investigated by the X-band in situ variable-temperature electron paramagnetic resonance(EPR)spectroscopy.

2　Methods and materials

The dimeric fullerene,(C60)2-[P(O)(OCH3]2(termed dimer below, see Scheme 1)was synthesized as the method in the previous report17.The dimer was suspended in 1,2-dichlorobenzene (ODCB)with a concentration of 0.5 mmol·L－1,and the suspension solution was transferred into the 100 μL standard capillary.After sealed,the capillary was inserted into the standard 4-mm EPR tube.The in situ EPR measurements were performed on an X-band(9.087 GHz)JES-FA200 EPR spectrometer equipped with a cavity which is capable of varying the temperature from room temperature to 473 K.The sample in EPR tube was heated by the nitrogen(99.9%)gas flow with the heating rate of 1－100 K· min－1.The examined temperature varied from 293 to 413 K(20－140°C)in stepwises of 5 K.After 2 min heating per step,the spectrum was scanned in 1 min.A buildup equilibrium between the initial dimer and the monomeric·C60P(O)(OCH3)2radical product was assumed to be established after 2-min heating at certain temperature(cf.Scheme 1)when the EPR signal did not change with elongated heating time.EPR settings:microwave frequency 9.048 GHz,microwave power 1 mW,modulation amplitude 1 Gauss,room temperature to 408 K(or 135°C), sweeping time 60 s.

Scheme 1　Molecular structure and the reversible dissociation of (C60)2-[P(O)(OCH3)2]2dimer at 373 K

3　Results and discussion

The geometric structure of the dimer was depicted in Scheme 1,and the pivot intercage C―C bond was highlighted.The intercage C―C bond was located in a diamond-like framework where three carbon bonds composed the respectively C60cage and the fourth,i.e.the intercage C―C bond,bridged directly between the two cages(cf.Ref.17 for the detailed molecular structure). Although the C60dimer was previously found to be not stable17,the thermodynamic mechanism was not known.Apparently,no signal was observed in the initial sample at room temperature EPR measurement.When the sample solution was heated up to 343 K (70°C)or higher,a two-band hyperfine feature centered around the characterized isotropic g-value,giso~2.0022,was clearly resolved in the spectrum(Fig.1).The signal was assigned to the formed monomer product radicals·C60P(O)(OCH3)2induced by heating17.The isotropic hyperfine interaction between the unpaired electron and31P,Aiso,was determined from the spectrum.The value of 64.7 Gauss(or 181.4 MHz)was the splitting distance between the two hyperfine peaks.As for the contaminant C60radical,no hyperfine structure was found(marked by star).The value of Aiso(64.7 Gauss)indicated that the31P nucleus carried 1.4%of all the spin density;for 100%density,the value is 4748 Gauss in principle20.Obviously,the unpaired electron was delocalized onto the C60cage and a π-radical was formed21.The electronic structure unveiled by EPR was also consistent with the fact that the C60cage is a known π-conjugation system6－8.

The EPR spectrum in Fig.1 also showed no spectral overlapping,i.e.,only one type of radical originating from the dimer was induced thermally.At this point,only the homolysis of the intercage C―C bond can give to the identical radical product (Scheme 1).The cleavage elsewhere in the dimer will lead to the different EPR signals20,21.Therefore,the EPR signal intensity as a function of the heating temperature was examined to reveal the thermodynamics property of the intercage C―C bond.In Fig.2a, the peak-to-trough amplitudes of both hyperfine peaks increasedwith the elevated temperature from 343 to 408 K.At 343 K (70°C)or lower,the EPR signal was hardly resolved.To avoid the boiling point(453 K)of the solvent 1,2-dichlorobenzene,the temperature was stopped at 408 K(135°C).In the following reversible treatment,the EPR signal vanished after the sample was cooled down to room temperature,and the similar temperature dependence was re-appearing again when the sample was heating again.

Fig.1　Experimental(black)and simulated(red)EPR spectra of the formed monomer·C60P(O)(OCH3)2radical induced by heating

Herein,the equilibrium constant Keqbetween the dimer(D)and the monomeric radical(R)was simplified as Keq=[R]2/[D] (Scheme 1).The temperature-dependent Keqwas monitored by the corresponding EPR signal intensity(I)(Fig.2a,cf.the methods in Refs.22,23).In principle,Keqat ambient temperature can be calculated by equation(1),

Fig.2　Temperature dependence of the EPR signal

where I is the ambient EPR signal amplitude,I0is the maximum amplitude at 408 K,and C0is the initial concentration of C60dimer. If the bonddissociationenergyor enthalpy(BDE,ΔH?)andentropy (ΔS?)were temperature independent at the range of 343 to 408 K, both were calculated from the known van′t Hoff′s equation（2),

where R(8.31 J·mol－1·K－1)and T are the universal gas constant and the experimental temperature respectively.The plot of ln[α2/ (1－α)]vs 1/T,i.e.,lnKeqvs 1/T,was fit by linear regression in Fig.2b because the corresponding slope k was equal to－ΔH?/R. Namely,ΔH?=－k·R.Herein,the experimental slope was －8704.7 K－1(Fig.2b).Therefore,ΔH?=8704.7×8.31=72.4 kJ· mol－1(17.3 kcal·mol－1)(1 kcal·mol－1=4.186 kJ·mol－1)was calculated,as well ΔS?=135.5 J·mol－1·K－1(32.4 cal·mol－1·K－1).

When the Boltzmann distribution difference was considered, the theoretical calibration can give a few percent fluctuation of the anthalpy(Fig.2c).Anyway,the experimental BDE was only twice of that of the typical hydrogen bond(~40 kJ·mol－1),or about one fifth of those in the diamond or the saturated hydrocarbons(Table 1,also cf.the monograph19).This intercage C―C bond was active and flexible giving to the unstable dimer.The small BDE also implied that the length of the intercage C―C bond was unusually long,which is consistent with the length(0.1582 nm)revealed by the X-ray crystal structure17.Similarly,we also noticed in the literature that the BDE values for the C―C bond formed during the dimerization of the phenalenyl radicals were estimated to be 11.34 kcal·mol－1in CCl4and 9.8 kcal·mol－1in toluene solvent22. These were comparable to data in present study.After scrutinized inspection,these radicals have the similar large-scale π-conjugation features which are spherical or planar,and the interaction between the big π-groups possibly weakens the resultant C―C bond. However,it is still premature to elucidate how the complicate sp orbital hybridization in the carbon leads to the different strength of the C―C bond in the diamond-like framework,even down to the level of the common hydrogen bonds.Anyway,the small BDE demonstrates that this C―C bond is an active site for the further reactions,say,dimerization,reduction or oxidation19.These data also provide the meaningful information to design the similar flexible C―C bond for the organic synthesis.

Generally,the cleavage and rearrangement reactions always occur at the site with the small value of BDE19.The thermodynamic property of the single C―C bond in the[C60]fullerene dimer may shed light onto designing the different functionalized fullerenes.So far as we know,one of bottleneck problems to apply the aligned fullerene as molecular device is how to align the fullerene at the molecular or nano level.The present study shows the possibility to produce the aligned fullerene molecule,which is based on the structural and thermal property of the fullerenedimer17.Firstly,the phosphonate ester has the advantage to stabilize the monomeric fullerene radical.Secondly,the phosphonate esters can provide either the active site for the medication/alteration,or the affinity to the anticipated supporting base,and then aligned[C60]fullerene dimer is produced on the designed base,as that in our previous study11.Thereafter,the heating treatment at around 400 K causes the readily homolysis of the intercage C―C bond,and gives the aligned fullerene radical pairs on the base.If the treatment is performed at the reductive or oxidative ambient atmosphere,the formed radical is quenched selectively.Finally the aligned monomeric[C60]fullerene as the molecular functionalization of surfaces for device applications is thus produced,which can be utilized in the potential fields.These multi-step protocol might provide the better aligned fullerenes when compared to that gowned directly as in Ref.13.For example,the interaction between the radical pair is an interesting fundamental research in quantum computation.The variety of the supporting base or matrix are also helpful to further exploit the variable applications of the fullerenes,such as in material science,condensed physics, quantum computation science,and life science6－8,24－28.

Table 1　BDE and length of common C―C bond

4　Conclusions

The bond dissociation enthalpy of a intercage C―C bond in [C60]fullerene dimer was explored thermodynamically by in situ variable-temperature EPR.The value of 72.4 kJ·mol－1(17.3 kcal· mol－1)indicated that this C―C bond was an active and flexible site in the molecule.

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A Weak Intercage C―C Bond in a[C60]fullerene Dimer Studied by In situ Variable Temperature EPR Spectroscopy

TAN Tian1YANG Jia-Hui1ZHU Chun-Hua2WANG Guan-Wu2
CHEN Jia-Fu2SU Ji-Hu1,*
(1Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale,Department of Modern Physics,University of Science and Technology of China,Hefei 230026,P.R.China;2Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale, Department of Chemistry,University of Science and Technology of China,Hefei 230026,P.R.China)

This work studied the thermodynamic properties of a single intercage C―C bond in a[C60]fullerene dimer,(C60)2-[P(O)(OCH3)]2,previously synthesized by Wang et al.(Chem.Commun.2011,47,6111).Data obtained from in situ variable temperature electron paramagnetic resonance(EPR)indicated a relatively low bond dissociation enthalpy(BDE)for this bond of 72.4 kJ·mol－1(17.3 kcal·mol－1).This value is only approximately twice that of a typical hydrogen bond,or one fifth of the values determined for bonds in diamond or saturated hydrocarbons.The application of this pre-synthesized dimer to the formation of aligned fullerenes is discussed.

[C60]fullerene dimer;Singly intercage C―C bond;Thermodynamic property; Bond dissociation enthalpy;Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy

March 22,2016;Revised:May 5,2016;Published on Web:May 9,2016.

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*Corresponding author.Email:sujihu@ustc.edu.cn;Tel:+86-551-63607672.

The project was supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China(973)(2013CB921802).國家重點基礎研究發展規劃項目(973)(2013CB921802)資助

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