文摘
To determine the relationship among curvature, patch type, and reactivity of the C-C site, a series of densityfunctional calculations were performed on several substituted fullerenes. [6:6] pyracylene-type sites are the mostreactive sites in all analyzed cages: C60, C70, and C84. The binding energy between the Pt(PH3)2 unit and fullereneis almost independent of the size of the cage and of the number of metals coordinated on the fullerene surface.Contrarily, curvature and type of carbon-carbon bond are determinant for the coordination strength. The use ofrelatively large basis sets is necessary to have consistent energies.