KINETIC STABILITY OF THE C-60-CYCLOPENTADIENE DIELS-ALDER ADDUCT

Authors
GIOVANE LM BARCO JW YADAV T LAFLEUR AL MARR JA HOWARD JB ROTELLO VM
Citation
Lm. Giovane et al., KINETIC STABILITY OF THE C-60-CYCLOPENTADIENE DIELS-ALDER ADDUCT, Journal of physical chemistry, 97(33), 1993, pp. 8560-8561
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Journal of physical chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223654
Volume
97
Issue
33
Year of publication
1993
Pages
8560 - 8561
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3654(1993)97:33<8560:KSOTCD>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Buckminsterfullerene (C60) reacts with cyclopentadiene to produce the Diels-Alder adduct C60C5H6 (1). To determine the thermal stability of adduct 1, we have determined the rates of decomposition in the tempera ture range 80-95-degrees-C. Fitting this data to the Arrhenius form of the rate expression gives a pre-exponential factor of log A = 12.59 /- 0.4 and an activation energy of 26.7 +/- 2.2 kcal/mol.