With the aim to stabilize reduced CGO molecules of solid hlleride as free anion radicals in solution, Na,C60 (x=l, 10) was dissolved in DMSO. The NaXC6o was chosen among the other alkali-metal hllerides due to the possibility to increase a number of intercalated Na atoms in a f.c.c. lattice of c60. A sufficiently high concentration of c 6 0 anion radicals of an order of magnitude larger than that usually achieved in solution by an electrochemical reduction was obtained. The sharp resonances with the linewidths of order of 0.1 G and with g=2.0004(6) -2.0012(8) of the room temperature ESR spectra of fluid solution were assigned from mono-to pentaanions of C60. An appearance of additional sharp peaks at g=2.0016-2.0019 in the spectra of solution of nominal NaloC60, but NalC60, tentatively related to C6On-with n>6. The results of this study showed a simple approach in an accomplishment of highly concentrated solutions of free anion radicals c60n-, as well as in stabilization of the anion radicals with increased n. In this way a homogeneity of alkali metal intercalation and characteristics of the solvent will be important.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.