– 3 – March 8, 2010
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY 10027
Dr. Nicholas J. Turro TEL: 212-854-2175
Wm. P. Schweitzer Professor of Chemistry FAX: 212-932-1289
Department of Chemistry
3000 Broadway, MC 3119 e-mail:
August 11, 2009
Dr. Joan S. Valentine
Editor-in-Chief
Accounts of Chemical Research
Dear Joan,
Greetings from the East Coast. I hope that the summer has been a pleasant and productive one for you.
I am writing to respectfully submit the manuscript “The Spin Chemistry and Magnetic Resonance of H2@C60. From the Pauli Principle to Trapping a Long Lived Nuclear Excited Spin State Inside a Buckyball” for your consideration for publication as an article in Accounts of Chemical Research.
One of the most fascinating “factoids” of chemistry is the existence of two allotropes of hydrogen, pH2 and oH2 that differ in the orientation of their nuclear spins and in the way they rotate. The interconversion of these two allotropes requires a “spin catalyst” i.e., a paramagnetic molecule such as molecular oxygen. This Account describes the spin chemistry and spin spectroscopy of the two spin isomers oH2@C60 and pH2@C60. In the Account, we explore the issue of if and how the incarcerated guest communicates with the outside world and how the outside world communicates with the incarcerated guest. We attempt to translate the quantum mechanics that requires the allotropes to exist into a simple symmetry argument that chemists will appreciate.
Suggested expert reviewers are listed on the follow pages.
We hope that you will find our manuscript suitable for publication in Accounts of Chemical Research.
Best wishes for the remains of the summer.
Sincerely,
Suggested reviewers:
Martin Saunders
Yale University, Department of Chemistry
225 Prospect Street, PO Box 208107
New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107
Tel. 203-432-3915
Emails:
Michael R. Wasielewski
Northwestern University, Department of Chemistry and Center for Nanofabrication and Molecular Self-Assembly
2145 Sheridan Rd.
Evanston, IL 60208-3113
Tel: 847-467-1423
Fax: 847-467-1425
Email:
Malcolm H. Levitt
University of Southampton, School of Chemistry
Room 27:2025
Southampton SO17 1BJ
UK
Tel. +44 23 8059 6753
Fax: +44 23 8059 3781
Email:
R. James Cross, Jr.
Yale University, Department of Chemistry
225 Prospect Street
PO Box 208107
New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107
Tel: 203 432 5203
Email:
Sho-ichi Iwamatsu
Nagoya University, Graduate School of Environmental Studies,
Chikusa, Nagoya, J464-8601 Japan
Tel: +81-(0)52-789-4849
Fax: +81-(0)52-789-4765
Email:
Simon B. Duckett
University of York, Department of Chemistry
Heslington, York, YO10 5DD
UK
Tel: 44(0)1904 432564
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