Birch reduction of C60 - A new appraisal

Malcolm R. Banks; Michael J. Dale; Ian Gosney; Philip K.G. Hodgson; Richard C.K. Jennings; Anita C. Jones; Jacques Lecoultre; Patrick R.R. Langridge-Smith; John P. Maier; James  Scrivens; Martyn J.C. Smith; Christopher J. Smyth; Alan T. Taylor; Paul Thorburn; Adrian S. Webster

doi:10.1039/C39930001149

Birch reduction of C₆₀ - A new appraisal

Malcolm R. Banks, Michael J. Dale, Ian Gosney, Philip K.G. Hodgson, Richard C.K. Jennings, Anita C. Jones, Jacques Lecoultre, Patrick R.R. Langridge-Smith, John P. Maier, James Scrivens, Martyn J.C. Smith, Christopher J. Smyth, Alan T. Taylor, Paul Thorburn, Adrian S. Webster

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Contrary to a previous report that Birch reduction of C₆₀ affords C₆₀H₃₆ as the principal product, laser desorption-laser photoionisation time-of-flight (L²TOF), laser desorption Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FTICR), and liquid secondary ion mass spectrometry (LSIMS) show collectively that a mixture of polyhydrofullerenes, containing C₆₀H₁₈ through to C ₆₀H₃₆ with a skewed distribution centred on C ₆₀H₃₂ is formed, the discrepancy in results arising from the thermal lability of this mixture of polyhydrofullerenes when subjected to the elevated temperatures (>250°C) required for mass spectroscopic studies using direct-insertion heated probes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1149-1152
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/C39930001149
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 1993

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Banks, M. R., Dale, M. J., Gosney, I., Hodgson, P. K. G., Jennings, R. C. K., Jones, A. C., Lecoultre, J., Langridge-Smith, P. R. R., Maier, J. P., Scrivens, J., Smith, M. J. C., Smyth, C. J., Taylor, A. T., Thorburn, P., & Webster, A. S. (1993). Birch reduction of C₆₀ - A new appraisal. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (14), 1149-1152. https://doi.org/10.1039/C39930001149

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