Showing papers by "Xingfa Gao published in 2008"

Comparative study of carbon and BN nanographenes: Ground electronic states and energy gap engineering

Abstract: The relationship between stabilities and shape configurations of carbon and boron nitride (BN) nanographenes (NGs) was studied at the B3LYP/6-31G* level of theory. The HOMO−LUMO energy gaps of rect...

[2+1] Cycloaddition of Nitrene onto C60 Revisited: Interconversion between an Aziridinofullerene and an Azafulleroid

Abstract: It is known that organic azides react with a [6,6] bond of C60 through a 1,3-dipolar [3+2] cycloaddition to afford triazolines. Thermolysis of a triazoline, followed by concomitant loss of nitrogen, gives rise to a [1,6]azafulleroid 1 and a [1,2]aziridinofullerene 2 (Scheme 1). Both 1 and 2 can also be obtained directly from the reaction of C60 and azides at higher temperatures, but the ratio of 1:2 depends on the nature of the substituent. Furthermore, azides have major associated problems in regards to toxicity and explosibility. Thus, new useful methods for the preparation of azafulleroids and aziridinofullerenes are expected. Sulfilimines are known to generate an N-substituted nitrene in thermal and photochemical reactions. Recently, it has been reported that N-sulfenylsulfilimine generates a sulfenylnitrene under mild conditions. Nitrenes readily react with alkenes to afford the corresponding three-membered aziridines. In this context, a nitrene is expected to be a key intermediate, instead of an azide, in the aziridination of fullerene. In the course of our study on the development of synthetic methodology for the preparation of [1,2]aziridinofullerene, we carried out the photoreaction of C60 with an N-p-toluenesulfonylsulfilimine having a dibenzothiophene structure (3 ; Scheme 2) to accomplish the regioselective