Rationalizing the relative abundances of trimetallic nitride template-based endohedral metallofullerenes from aromaticity measures

The synthesis of endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs) from a carbon soot sample of an arc discharge leads to a variety of EMFs that are obtained in different relative abundances. In the present work, we show that these abundances can be predicted from aromaticity calculations. In particular, we use t...

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Autores: Garcia Borràs, Marc, Osuna Oliveras, Sílvia, Luis Luis, Josep Maria, Solà i Puig, Miquel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/13797
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/13797
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fullerenes
Ful·lerens
Aromaticitat (Química)
Aromaticity (Chemistry)
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Sumario:The synthesis of endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs) from a carbon soot sample of an arc discharge leads to a variety of EMFs that are obtained in different relative abundances. In the present work, we show that these abundances can be predicted from aromaticity calculations. In particular, we use the normalized Additive Local Aromaticity (ALAN) index. Our results show that the most abundant Sc3N-based and Y3N-based EMFs in fullerene soot are the most aromatic. This study reinforces the idea that aromaticity plays a key role in determining the stability of EMFs