




mC,Ca,Cb). 
Figure 1. Twenty four non equivalent carbons in La@C82

Figure 2. The 3D structures of the model of the early stage of each addition, [C], a): Ad addition on carbon(7), b): DBEM- addition on carbon(23), c): .CH3 addition on carbon(10)

Figure 3. Schematic illustration of methylidene approaching position to the ethylene
Table 1. The methylidene approaching position
| point no | (p1) | (p2) | (p3) | (p4) | (p5) | (p6) | (p7) | (p8) | (CH2)3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r(A) | 3.000 | 2.700 | 2.600 | 2.500 | 2.500 | 2.300 | 2.200 | 2.100 | 1.513 |
| q(°) | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 60 |
The DE(kcal/mol) energies of each point model are shown Table 2. Figure 4 is the energy diagram of them.
Table 2. Energy of each point No.(pn)
| DE (kcal/mol) = E(pn) - Estarting CH2 and C2H4 | |||||||||||
| start | (p1)triplet | (p2)triplet | (p3)triplet | (p4)triplet | (p5)triplet | (p5)singlet | (p6)triplet | (p6)singlet | (p7)singlet | (p8)singlet | (CH2)3 |
| 0.0 | +4.59 | +7.40 | +9.30 | +12.9 | +19.6 | +24.9 | +29.3 | +22.7 | +18.4 | +14.3 | -5.99 |

Figure 4. Energy diagrams of each model
According to the approaching of the methylidene to the ethylene, the DE of triplet state is increasing. The DE of triplet state and that of singlet state is crossing over between the point (p5) and the point (p6). After that, the DE of singlet state is decreasing toward the energy of final product, cyclopropane.
Table 3. The eigen values of PIOs of each point model
| Model | PIO-1 | PIO-2 | PIO-3 | PIO-4 | PIO-5 | ... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (p1) | 0.0428 | 0.0031 | 0.0006 | 0.0003 | 0.0000 | ... |
| (p2) | 0.1799 | 0.0593 | 0.0052 | 0.0010 | 0.0000 | ... |
| (p3) | 0.5838 | 0.0606 | 0.0094 | 0.0015 | 0.0000 | ... |
| (p4) | 0.6338 | 0.0595 | 0.0124 | 0.0023 | 0.0000 | ... |
| (p5) | 0.6626 | 0.1603 | 0.0229 | 0.0034 | 0.0000 | ... |
| (p6) | 0.6015 | 0.1666 | 0.0450 | 0.0139 | 0.0003 | ... |
| (p7) | 0.6047 | 0.2339 | 0.0537 | 0.0163 | 0.0004 | ... |
| (p8) | 0.6002 | 0.3068 | 0.0615 | 0.0200 | 0.0004 | ... |
| Ad addition | ||||||
| (p4) | 0.3240 | 0.0420 | 0.0084 | 0.0022 | 0.0007 | ... |
| (p5) | 0.6110 | 0.3047 | 0.0299 | 0.0039 | 0.0011 | ... |
Table 3 tells us that the main interaction between methylidene and ethylene is expressed in the PIO-1. Contour maps of PIO-1 of each point are shown in Figure 5. It is clearly observed out-of-phase interaction between methylidene and Cb of ethylene in (p1) and in (p2), however, PIO-1 turns in-phase interaction between methylidene LUMO and p-orbital of ethylene in (p3) and after that the in-phase interactions are gradually increased in (p4) to (p8).
Although contour maps of PIO-1 of (p4) of Ad still shows out-of-phase interaction between Ad and Cb of ethylene, that of PIO-1 turns in-phase one in the case of (p5) of Ad.

Figure 5. Contour maps of PIO-1 of model of each point
Table 4. The CH3- approaching position
| point no | (p9) | (p10) | (p11) | (p12) | (p13) | (p14) | (p15) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r(A) | 3.000 | 3.000 | 2.700 | 2.700 | 2.500 | 2.500 | 1.900 |
| q(°) | 90 | 109 | 90 | 109 | 90 | 109 | 109 |
The DE(kcal/mol) energies of each point model, shown in Table 5, tells us that as the Ca in final product is sp3 carbon, it is easier to reach the final product via the approaching route of CH3- with q:109°,(p10), (p12), (p14), than via the route with q:90°,(p9), (p11), (p13). It is suggested that the TS of CH3- addition locates near the point (p14).
Table 5. Energy of each point No.(pn)
| DE (kcal/mol) = E(pn) - Estarting CH2 and C2H4 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| start | (p9) | (p10) | (p11) | (p12) | (p13) | (p14) | (p15) |
| 0.0 | +10.0 | +1.59 | +13.8 | +0.84 | +16.6 | +0.48 | -11.1 |
Table 6. The eigen values of PIOs of each point model of carbanion approaching route
| Model | PIO-1 | PIO-2 | PIO-3 | PIO-4 | PIO-5 | ... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (p11) | 0.1664 | 0.0137 | 0.0013 | 0.0011 | 0.0002 | ... |
| (p12) | 0.2100 | 0.0119 | 0.0011 | 0.0010 | 0.0001 | ... |
| (p13) | 0.3260 | 0.0286 | 0.0029 | 0.0025 | 0.0003 | ... |
| (p14) | 0.3650 | 0.0231 | 0.0026 | 0.0023 | 0.0002 | ... |
| DBEM- addition | ||||||
| (p14) | 0.1837 | 0.0307 | 0.0100 | 0.0017 | 0.0002 | ... |
Contour maps of PIO-1 of each point are shown in Figure 6.

Figure 6. Contour maps of PIO-1 of model of each point
We can observe in-phase interaction between carbanion HOMO and p*-orbital of ethylene in each model.
Approaching near to the TS, the reagents incline toward C-C double bond to form cycopropanes in the case of alkylidene addition, on the other, the reagents incline in the opposite direction of C-C bond to make sp3 Ca in the case of carbanion addition. Since every Ca of La@C82 possesses three double bonds, a perpendicular position up to Ca is neutral for all three bond directions. From above results and consideration, we determined a model of the early stage of the addition of each reagent to the La@C82 by placing the active site carbon atom of each reagent at the point, the distance of which is 2.500A above the carbon atom of La@C82.
Table 7. The eigen values of PIOs of each intermediate model of Ad addition
| PIO-1 | PIO-2 | PIO-3 | ... | PIO-54 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | a spin | b spin | a spin | b spin | a spin | b spin | ... | a spin | b spin |
| (2) | 0.089 | 0.148 | 0.043 | 0.074 | 0.005 | 0.009 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (3) | 0.166 | 0.181 | 0.044 | 0.031 | 0.005 | 0.008 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (4) | 0.132 | 0.110 | 0.061 | 0.036 | 0.007 | 0.008 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (5) | 0.083 | 0.084 | 0.035 | 0.050 | 0.005 | 0.007 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (6) | 0.152 | 0.110 | 0.033 | 0.057 | 0.005 | 0.007 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (7) | 0.128 | 0.116 | 0.028 | 0.068 | 0.004 | 0.008 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (8) | 0.104 | 0.146 | 0.062 | 0.026 | 0.006 | 0.010 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (9) | 0.179 | 0.135 | 0.028 | 0.081 | 0.005 | 0.008 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (10) | 0.181 | 0.130 | 0.036 | 0.077 | 0.006 | 0.008 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (11) | 0.077 | 0.080 | 0.033 | 0.040 | 0.005 | 0.006 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (12) | 0.086 | 0.089 | 0.042 | 0.053 | 0.006 | 0.007 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (13) | 0.150 | 0.098 | 0.042 | 0.038 | 0.006 | 0.005 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (14) | 0.202 | 0.182 | 0.046 | 0.027 | 0.005 | 0.009 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (15) | 0.150 | 0.084 | 0.035 | 0.030 | 0.004 | 0.004 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (16) | 0.077 | 0.077 | 0.026 | 0.025 | 0.005 | 0.005 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (17) | 0.103 | 0.134 | 0.054 | 0.057 | 0.007 | 0.008 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (18) | 0.162 | 0.110 | 0.062 | 0.060 | 0.008 | 0.008 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (19) | 0.074 | 0.074 | 0.035 | 0.035 | 0.005 | 0.005 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (20) | 0.087 | 0.092 | 0.041 | 0.052 | 0.005 | 0.006 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (21) | 0.138 | 0.107 | 0.036 | 0.054 | 0.006 | 0.007 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (22) | 0.179 | 0.115 | 0.048 | 0.061 | 0.007 | 0.007 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (23) | 0.163 | 0.114 | 0.066 | 0.059 | 0.008 | 0.007 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (24) | 0.081 | 0.081 | 0.025 | 0.025 | 0.005 | 0.005 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (25) | 0.084 | 0.084 | 0.030 | 0.032 | 0.004 | 0.004 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
There are 165 occupied MOs in which more than forty p type MOs are included, SOMO, and 171 unoccupied MOs in which more than twenty p* type MOs are included, in the extended Huckel MOs of La@C82 and there are 27 occupied MOs and 27 unoccupied MOs in the same MOs of Ad. The 337 × 54 orbital interactions are compactly represented in 54 PIOs. Moreover, the eigen values tell us that the interaction between the La@C82 and the Ad is mainly expressed in only one PIO, PIO-1.
The typical PIO-1, for example, model(3), (6), (7), (9), (10), (13), (14), (15), (18), (21), (22), and (23) are composed from the SOMO and occupied orbitals near SOMO of the La@C82 and the LUMO of the Ad.
Contour maps of PIO-1
Contour maps of PIO-1 of model(6), (7), (9) and (14) are shown in Figure 7. It can be seen in each PIO-1 that occupied orbitals of the La@C82 are localized on the carbon atom of the reaction center and interacted on the LUMO of the Ad.

Figure 7. Contour maps of PIO-1 (a-spin part) of a): model(6), b): model(7), c): model(9), and d): model(14)
Table 8. The eigen values of PIOs of each model of the early stage of CH3- addition
| PIO-1 | PIO-2 | PIO-3 | ... | PIO-7 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | a spin | b spin | a spin | b spin | a spin | b spin | ... | a spin | b spin |
| (2) | 0.066 | 0.072 | 0.005 | 0.006 | 0.001 | 0.001 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (3) | 0.063 | 0.140 | 0.005 | 0.009 | 0.002 | 0.002 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (4) | 0.074 | 0.100 | 0.006 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.001 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (5) | 0.071 | 0.086 | 0.006 | 0.007 | 0.002 | 0.002 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (6) | 0.067 | 0.136 | 0.005 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.001 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (7) | 0.075 | 0.145 | 0.006 | 0.008 | 0.002 | 0.002 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (8) | 0.072 | 0.115 | 0.006 | 0.008 | 0.002 | 0.002 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (9) | 0.069 | 0.157 | 0.006 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.001 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (10) | 0.071 | 0.153 | 0.006 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.001 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (11) | 0.069 | 0.071 | 0.006 | 0.006 | 0.001 | 0.001 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (12) | 0.080 | 0.096 | 0.007 | 0.007 | 0.001 | 0.001 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (13) | 0.088 | 0.118 | 0.007 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.001 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (14) | 0.073 | 0.150 | 0.006 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.009 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (15) | 0.079 | 0.109 | 0.007 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.001 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (16) | 0.075 | 0.075 | 0.006 | 0.006 | 0.001 | 0.001 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (17) | 0.092 | 0.104 | 0.007 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.001 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (18) | 0.084 | 0.131 | 0.007 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.001 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (19) | 0.072 | 0.072 | 0.006 | 0.006 | 0.001 | 0.001 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (20) | 0.099 | 0.102 | 0.007 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.001 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (21) | 0.073 | 0.124 | 0.006 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.001 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (22) | 0.075 | 0.140 | 0.006 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.001 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (23) | 0.105 | 0.138 | 0.007 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.001 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (24) | 0.078 | 0.078 | 0.006 | 0.006 | 0.001 | 0.001 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| (25) | 0.088 | 0.089 | 0.007 | 0.007 | 0.001 | 0.001 | ... | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Contour maps of PIO-1
Contour maps of PIO-1 of model(10), (14) and (23)are shown in Figure 8.
It can be seen in each PIO-1 that unoccupied orbitals of the La@C82 are localized on the carbon atom of the reaction center and interacted on the HOMO of the CH3-.

Figure 8. Contour maps of PIO-1 (a-spin part) of a): model(10), b): model(14) and c): model(23)
Table 9. Overlap Population of PIO-1 of each addition
| Model Xa): | Ad | CH3- | DBEM | .CH3 | chargeb) | spin densityb) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (2)_X | -0.0129 | -0.0554 | -0.045 | |||
| (3)_X | 0.0298 | -0.0203 | -0.099 | |||
| (4)_X | 0.0007 | -0.0292 | -0.033 | |||
| (5)_X | -0.0090 | -0.0344 | -0.092 | |||
| (6)_X | 0.0429 | -0.0138 | -0.071 | |||
| (7)_X | 0.0439 | -0.0058 | 0.0344 | -0.136 | 0.002 | |
| (8)_X | 0.0166 | -0.0118 | 0.0120 | -0.170 | 0.016 | |
| (9)_X | 0.0433 | -0.0030 | 0.0499 | -0.022 | 0.026 | |
| (10)_X | 0.0414 | +0.0005 | 0.0493 | -0.020 | 0.032 | |
| (11)_X | -0.0113 | -0.0465 | -0.061 | |||
| (12)_X | -0.0110 | -0.0235 | -0.047 | |||
| (13)_X | 0.0415 | -0.0073 | -0.021 | |||
| (14)_X | 0.0626 | +0.0003 | 0.0446 | 0.000 | 0.023 | |
| (15)_X | 0.0324 | -0.0217 | -0.012 | |||
| (16)_X | -0.0326 | -0.0308 | -0.036 | |||
| (17)_X | -0.0109 | -0.0115 | -0.006 | |||
| (18)_X | 0.0262 | -0.0046 | 0.0210 | -0.006 | 0.024 | |
| (19)_X | -0.0114 | -0.0348 | -0.026 | |||
| (20)_X | -0.0111 | -0.0036 | 0.002 | |||
| (21)_X | 0.0234 | -0.0169 | -0.027 | |||
| (22)_X | 0.0336 | -0.0024 | -0.0297 | 0.0335 | 0.004 | 0.030 |
| (23)_X | 0.0292 | +0.0323 | -0.0220 | 0.0390 | 0.006 | 0.025 |
| (24)_X | -0.0278 | -0.0278 | -0.025 | |||
| (25)_X | -0.0010 | -0.0231 | -0.0226 | -0.006 | 0.000 |
We can estimate a regioselectivity of each addition from the OP; 1) order of the Ad addition: (14) > (7) > (9) > (6) > (13) > (10) ... , 2) order of the CH3-, DBEM- addition: (23) > (10) > (14) > (22) > (9) > ... , 3) order of the .CH3 addition: (9)
(10) > (14) > (23) ... .
Ad addition will be expected to take place on the carbon atom having minus charge. The charges of the above carbon are (14):0.000, (7):-0.136, (9):-0.022, (6):-0.071, (13):-0.021, and (10):-0.021. The experimental result of the Ad addition takes place on the carbon(7). The carbon having the largest minus charge is (8): -0.170, however its OP is very small, 0.0166. A straight forward relationship between the OP and the charge is not seen. This is discussed in the next section.
CH3- and DBEM- addition will be expected to take place on the carbon atom having plus charge. The charges of the carbon (23), (10), (14), (22) and (9) are 0.006, -0.020, 0.000, 0.004 and -0.022, respectively,. The experimental result of the DBEM- addition takes place on the carbon(23). Prediction from OP and that from charge coincides with each other, however the charges of (10) and (14) are more negative than that of (22). The relationship between the OP and the charge is also not clear. This is also discussed in the next section.
.CH3 addition will be expected to take place on the carbon atom having large spin density. The spin densities of the carbon (9), (10), (14) and (23) are 0.026, 0.032, 0.023 and 0.025, respectively,. A fairly parallel relationship between the OP and the spin density is observed.
Table 10. Atomic compositions (%)a) of PIO-1 of each addition
| Model X b): | Ad | CH3- | .CH3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| (6)_X | 27.8 | ||
| (7)_X | 30.1 | ||
| (8)_X | 9.9 | ||
| (9)_X | 16.4 | 7.9 | 14.6 |
| (10)_X | 16.2 | 8.7 | 15.9 |
| (13)_X | 26.6 | ||
| (14)_X | 19.7 | 8.5 | 14.8 |
| (22)_X | 8.9 | ||
| (23)_X | 12.1 | 15.3 |
(10) ... . The order of Ad and DBEM- addition are coincident with the experimental results.
Table 11. Extended Huckel Parameters
| Orbital ; ( Hii(eV) , z1,) |
|---|
| H1s;( -13.60, 1.300), |
| C2s;( -21.40, 1.625), C2p;( -11.40, 1.625), |
| O2s;( -32.30, 2.275), O2p;( -14.80, 2.275), |
| Br4s;( -24.00, 2.638), Br4p;( -12.30, 2.257), |
| La6s;( -5.577, 1.533), La6p;( -3.480, 1.198), La5d;( -7.88, 2.274) |