Journal
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 18, Issue 29, Pages 8944-8956Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201200940
Keywords
cycloaddition; density functional calculations; Diels-Alder reaction; fullerenes; thermodynamics
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Funding
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MICINN) [CTQ2008-06532/BQU, CTQ2008-06549-C02-01/BQU, CTQ2011-23156/BQU, CTQ2011-25086/BQU]
- DIUE of the Generalitat de Catalunya [2009SGR637, 2009SGR528, 2009SGR462, XRQTC]
- European Community [PIOF-GA-2009-252856]
- DIUE of the Generalitat de Catalunya
- ICREA Funding Source: Custom
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In this work a detailed investigation of the exohedral reactivity of the most important and abundant endohedral metallofullerene (EMF) is provided, that is, Sc3N@Ih-C80 and its D5h counterpart Sc3N@D5h-C80, and the (bio)chemically relevant lutetium- and gadolinium-based M3N@Ih/D5h-C80 EMFs (M=Sc, Lu, Gd). In particular, we analyze the thermodynamics and kinetics of the DielsAlder cycloaddition of s-cis-1,3-butadiene on all the different bonds of the Ih-C80 and D5h-C80 cages and their endohedral derivatives. First, we discuss the thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of the cycloaddition reaction on the hollow fullerenes and the two isomers of Sc3N@C80. Afterwards, the effect of the nature of the metal nitride is analyzed in detail. In general, our BP86/TZP//BP86/DZP calculations indicate that [5,6] bonds are more reactive than [6,6] bonds for the two isomers. The [5,6] bond D5h-b, which is the most similar to the unique [5,6] bond type in the icosahedral cage, Ih-a, is the most reactive bond in M3N@D5h-C80 regardless of M. Sc3N@C80 and Lu3N@C80 give similar results; the regioselectivity is, however, significantly reduced for the larger and more electropositive M=Gd, as previously found in similar metallofullerenes. Calculations also show that the D5h isomer is more reactive from the kinetic point of view than the Ih one in all cases which is in good agreement with experiments.
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