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The crystalline solvates containing fullerenes and (di)methylnaphthalenes were investigated by thermal analyses and X-ray diffraction methods. It was found that C60 with (di)methylnaphthalenes forms two types of stable solvates: either at the molar ratio 1:2 decomposing at temperatures close to 100°C or at 1:1 molar ratio decomposing in the temperature range 120–214°C. Crystalline lattice and thermal stability of the solvates depends on the structure of the solvent molecules. The strong solute-solvent interaction is also manifested by the modification of the C60 absorption spectra in solution. The results are discussed using semiempirical quantum chemistry methods.
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Kowalska, E., Byszewski, P., Diduszko, R. et al. Thermal Stability of C60-Methylnaphthalenes Solvates. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 54, 197–202 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010137506956
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