Formation of {Co(dppe)}2{μ2-η(2):η(2)-η(2):η(2)-[(C60)2]} Dimers Bonded by Single C-C Bonds and Bridging η(2)-Coordinated Cobalt Atoms.
Coordination of two bridging cobalt atoms to fullerenes by the η(2) type in {Co(dppe)}2{μ2-η(2):η(2)-η(2):η(2)-[(C60)2]}·3C6H4Cl2 [1; dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane] triggers fullerene dimerization with the formation of two intercage C-C bonds of 1.571(4) Å length. Coordination-induced fullerene dimerization opens a path to the design of fullerene structures bonded by both covalent C-C bonds and η(2)-coordination-bridged metal atoms.
†Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow region, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia.
Dmitri V
DV
Konarev
‡Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
Sergey I
SI
Troyanov
†Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow region, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia.|‡Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
Kseniya A
KA
Ustimenko
§Research Center for Low Temperature and Materials Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Yoshiaki
Y
Nakano
†Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow region, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia.
Alexander F
AF
Shestakov
§Research Center for Low Temperature and Materials Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Akihiro
A
Otsuka
§Research Center for Low Temperature and Materials Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Hideki
H
Yamochi
¶Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University, 1-501 Shiogamaguchi, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya 468-8502, Japan.
Gunzi
G
Saito
†Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow region, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia.
Rimma N
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Lyubovskaya