LASER FLASH-PHOTOLYSIS STUDY OF METHANOL ADDITION TO THE C-60 RADICAL-CATION

Authors
SAFONOV IG COURTNEY SH SCHUSTER DI
Citation
Ig. Safonov et al., LASER FLASH-PHOTOLYSIS STUDY OF METHANOL ADDITION TO THE C-60 RADICAL-CATION, Research of chemical intermediates, 23(6), 1997, pp. 541-548
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Research of chemical intermediates → ACNP
ISSN journal
09226168
Volume
23
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
541 - 548
Database
ISI
SICI code
0922-6168(1997)23:6<541:LFSOMA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Stable alcohol adducts of buckminsterfullerene (C-60) can be created v ia addition to C-60 radical cations. The radical cations were generate d by photosensitized electron transfer from C,, in a solution of N-met hylacridinium hexafluorophosphate and biphenyl. Growth and decay of th e C,, radical cation population was monitored by transient absorption spectroscopy at 980 nm. The lifetime of the transient decreases in the presence of methanol, supporting trapping of the radical cation.