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Synthesis of pendant fullerene dimers by an aminomethylation reaction of fulleropyrrolidines bearing ketone moieties†
Qian-Na Peng,Hui-Juan Wang,Xing-Yu Wang,Fa-Bao Li,Li Liu,Xiaoli Wang,Ping Wu,Chao-Yang Liu
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry Pub Date : 05/22/2023 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/D3OB00365E
Abstract

An aminomethylation reaction of fulleropyrrolidines bearing ketone moieties in the presence of N-unsubstituted fulleropyrrolidines and paraformaldehyde with the aid of p-toluenesulfonic acid afforded a series of scarce pendant fullerene dimers. A simple change of reaction substrates from ketone to ketone-containing fulleropyrrolidines successfully realized the synthesis of a variety of novel pendant fullerene dimers, including those from methyl ketone-containing fulleropyrrolidines, which were considered to produce the known bridged fullerene dimers. It should be noted that pendant fullerene dimers are usually difficult to prepare by other methods and may have promising applications in perovskite solar cells. Density functional theory (DFT) has been employed to elucidate the regioselectivity of methyl ketone-containing fulleropyrrolidines to yield exclusively pendant fullerene dimers by investigating the Gibbs free energy profile of the reaction starting from methyl ketone-containing fulleropyrrolidines and iminium intermediates.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of pendant fullerene dimers by an aminomethylation reaction of fulleropyrrolidines bearing ketone moieties
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