Abstract
AbstractEndohedral clusterfullerenes exhibit unique chemical properties due to intramolecular electron transfer of the encaged metal cluster to the outer fullerene cages. We report the synthesis of two Sc3N@D3h‐C78 monoadducts 2 a and 2 b through the 1,3‐dipolar reaction of Sc3N@D3h‐C78 with carbonyl ylide bearing anomalous cis‐conformation regioselectivity. The molecular structures of these monoadducts are unambiguously confirmed by single‐crystal X‐ray crystallography, revealing that both 2 a and 2 b have cis‐conformations with the furan moiety grafted via [6,6]‐closed addition patterns. Under the same conditions, the control reaction of C60 with carbonyl ylide affords two monoadducts 3 a and 3 b, which exhibit cis‐ and trans‐conformations, respectively, with [6,6]‐closed addition patterns. According to theoretical calculations, the exclusive formation of the cis‐only Sc3N@D3h‐C78 monoadducts is a consequence of conjunct effects of thermodynamic stability of adducts, the reactivity of the addition site, and the cis‐dipole intermediate from trans 1.
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