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Changes in Structure and Reactivity of Ng(2) Encapsulated in Fullerenes: A Density Functional Theory Study

Noble gas can be no noble in certain situations from the perspective of structure, bonding, and reactivity. These situations could be extreme experimental conditions or others. In this contribution, we systematically investigate the impact of fullerene encapsulation on molecular structure and chemic...

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Autores principales: Li, Meng, He, Xin, Wang, Bin, Zhao, Dongbo, Rong, Chunying, Chattaraj, Pratim K., Liu, Shubin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7350904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32719776
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2020.00566
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Sumario:Noble gas can be no noble in certain situations from the perspective of structure, bonding, and reactivity. These situations could be extreme experimental conditions or others. In this contribution, we systematically investigate the impact of fullerene encapsulation on molecular structure and chemical reactivity of noble gas dimers (Ng(2)) in a few fullerene molecules. To that end, we consider He(2), Ne(2), and Ar(2) dimers encapsulated in C(50), C(60), and C(70) fullerenes. We unveil that bond distances of Ng(2) inside fullerene become substantially smaller and noble gas atoms become more electrophilic. In return, these noble gas dimers make fullerene molecules more nucleophilic. Using analytical tools from density functional theory, conceptual density functional theory, and information-theoretic approach, we appreciate the nature and origin of these structure and reactivity changes. The results and conclusions from this work should provide more new insights from the viewpoint of changing the perspectives of noble gas reactivity.