Research project

Molecular Endofullerenes

Research groups:

Organic Chemistry, Synthesis, Catalysis
Lead researchers:

Professor Malcolm Levitt
Other researchers:

Professor Richard Whitby
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Not active

Project overview

This project consists of the synthesis and multidisciplinary investigation of small molecules trapped inside fullerene cages. The host molecules in these unique molecular systems behave as quantum rotors and exhibit phenomena such as spin isomerism, spin isomer conversion, quantised molecular motion, and quantum-rotor induced hyperpolarization.

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Malcolm Levitt

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

Magnetic Resonance
Endofullerenes

Connect with Malcolm

Email: mhl@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Richard Whitby

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

Synthesis, properties and application of atomic and molecular endofullerenes.
The use of flow chemistry for the rapid acquisition of mechanistic and process information.
The synthesis of polyaromatic molecules for optoelectronic applications.

Connect with Richard

Email: R.J.Whitby@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Organic Chemistry, Synthesis, Catalysis

We develop environmentally sustainable approaches to chemical manufacture that minimise chemical waste, improve product velocity and reduce the need to isolate intermediates.

Research outputs

Freezing of molecular motions probed by cryogenic magic angle spinning NMR

Maria Concistrè, Elisa Carignani, Silvia Borsacchi, Ole G. Johannessen, Benedetta Mennucci, Yifeng Yang, Marco Geppi & Malcolm H. Levitt, 2014, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 5(3), 512-516

DOI: 10.1021/jz4026276

Type: article