AROMATICITY OF MULTIPLY-CHARGED FULLERENE IONS

Authors
AIHARA J HOSOYA H
Citation
J. Aihara et H. Hosoya, AROMATICITY OF MULTIPLY-CHARGED FULLERENE IONS, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 66(7), 1993, pp. 1955-1958
Citations number
44
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan → ACNP
ISSN journal
00092673
Volume
66
Issue
7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1955 - 1958
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-2673(1993)66:7<1955:AOMFI>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The topological resonance energies (TREs) indicate that mono- to hexaa nions of C60 are as aromatic as the neutral species. The tendency of m ultiply charged C60 anions to retain their own spherical conjugated sy stems can be attributed to aromatic character. Tetraanions of C28, C36 , and C44 are likewise predicted to be highly aromatic. Thus, the form ation of metallofullerenes, such as U@C28, U@C36, and U@C44, can be ra tionalized in terms of aromaticities of the ligands.