Differences in electronic properties of fluorinated and trifluoromethylated fullerenes revealed by their propensity for dianion formation

Alexey V. Streletskiy*, Preben Hvelplund, Steen Brøndsted Nielsen, Bo Liu, Shigeo Tomita, Alexey A. Goryunkov, Olga V. Boltalina

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Abstract

The cross sections for electron transfer from sodium to C60 Fn- and C60 (C F3) n- anions in 50-keV collisions as a function of the number of functional groups n are reported. There are clear differences between derivatives of fluorine and trifluoromethyl due to the different electron withdrawing properties of F and C F3. The role of inductive effects and π electron delocalization on the electron affinity is discussed, assuming a correlation between the cross section and the electron affinity of the anion.

Original languageEnglish
Article number144306
JournalJournal of Chemical Physics
Volume124
Issue number14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Apr 2006
Externally publishedYes

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