In Search of Fullerene??Based Superacids: Synthesis, X??ray Structure, and DFT Study of C60 (C2F5) 5H

…, AA Popov, SH Strauss, OV Boltalina

Index: Kuvychko, Igor V.; Shustova, Natalia B.; Avdoshenko, Stanislav M.; Popov, Alexey A.; Strauss, Steven H.; Boltalina, Olga V. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2011 , vol. 17, # 32 p. 8799 - 8802

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Abstract

The recent development of a new class of carboranebased superacids (eg, H (CHB11Cl11))[1] showed that high protic acidity can be decoupled from the nucleophilicity and oxidative ability of the conjugate base to a remarkable degree. This discovery led to the realization of the previously unattainable synthetic opportunities (eg, the first preparation of stable solutions and solids containing C60H+ species).[2] High acidity of carborane-based ...