Photosynthetic reactions in fullerene based donor-acceptor complexes

Donor-acceptor interaction changes essentially the terms of the ground state of binary complexes imparting them a multi-well, in particular, two-well form. A quantum chemical analysis of formation conditions for the amine derivatives of fullerenes depending on the type of the term has been performed by the example of binary complexes, including fullerenes C60 and C70 as acceptors of electrons and amines as donors,. It is found that the addition reaction of amines to fullerene hampered between neutral molecules can occur when the latter are ionized by light. © 2006 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.