Evidence for the formation of singly bonded dimers during the reductive electrochemistry of methanofullerenes.

Four methanofullerene derivatives, with phosphonate or sulfone groups attached to a C(60) core through a Bingel procedure, were synthesized to probe their stability upon electrolytic reduction. Derivatives 1 and 2 are the most stable upon electroreduction and do not exhibit retro-cyclopropanation reactions until more than three electrons per C(60) derivative are transferred. The cyclopropane ring is then removed and C(60)(>CH(2))(n) (n=1-3) products result from reactions of the trianion of C(60) with the solvent, CH(2)Cl(2). The situation with diphosphonate 3 or phosphonatecarboxylate 4 is dramatically different. For 3, quantitative retro-cyclopropanation occurs when 2.8 e(-) per molecule are transferred. In the case of 4, when more than two electrons per molecule are transferred, there is evidence of the reversible formation of a very stable intermediate, which is oxidized at a potential 500 mV more positive than the first fullerene-based reduction of the parent compound. Electrolysis of a simple C(70)-Bingel monoadduct (5) also exhibits the formation of a similar intermediate. On the basis of cyclic voltammetry, ESR spectroscopy, and MALDI analysis of products, the intermediate observed during the electrolysis of compounds 4 and 5 is assigned to a dimeric structure.

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