Chemical reactivities of the cation and anion of M@C82 (M = Y, La, and Ce).
The chemical reduction and oxidation of M@C82 (M = Y, La, and Ce) afford the corresponding anion and cation, respectively, which show unique and interesting chemical reactivities. It is found that the successful reversible gain or loss of electrons by ionization is useful for controlling the stability and reactivity of M@C82 toward both nucleophiles and electrophiles.
Maeda
Yutaka
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Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Gakugei University, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan.
Miyashita
Jun
J
Hasegawa
Tadashi
T
Wakahara
Takatsugu
T
Tsuchiya
Takahiro
T
Feng
Lai
L
Lian
Yongfu
Y
Akasaka
Takeshi
T
Kobayashi
Kaoru
K
Nagase
Shigeru
S
Kako
Masahiro
M
Yamamoto
Kazunori
K
Kadish
Karl M
KM