A seven atom cluster in a carbon cage, the crystallographically determined structure of Sc4(μ3-O)3@Ih-C80

Brandon Q. Mercado; Marilyn M. Olmstead; Christine M. Beavers; Michael L. Easterling; Steven Stevenson; Mary A. Mackey; Curtis E. Coumbe; Joshua D. Phillips; J. Paige Phillips; Josep M. Poblet; Alan L. Balch

doi:10.1039/B918731F

A seven atom cluster in a carbon cage, the crystallographically determined structure of Sc₄(μ₃-O)₃@I_h-C₈₀†

Brandon Q. Mercado,^a Marilyn M. Olmstead,*^a Christine M. Beavers,^b Michael L. Easterling,^c Steven Stevenson,*^d Mary A. Mackey,^d Curtis E. Coumbe,^d Joshua D. Phillips,^d J. Paige Phillips,^d Josep M. Poblet^e and Alan L. Balch*^a

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^d Department of Chemistry, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, USA
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^e Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, c/Marcel·lí Domingo s/n, 43007 Tarragona, Spain

Abstract

The tetrahedral array of four scandium atoms with oxygen atoms capping three of the four faces found in Sc₄(μ₃-O)₃@I_h-C₈₀ is the largest cluster isolated to date inside a fullerene cage.

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A seven atom cluster in a carbon cage, the crystallographically determined structure of Sc₄(μ₃-O)₃@I_h-C₈₀†

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