Issue 10, 2022

An unprecedented C80 cage that violates the isolated pentagon rule

Abstract

Two Lu2O@C80 isomers have been successfully isolated and unambiguously assigned as Lu2O@C1(31876)-C80 and Lu2O@C2v(5)-C80, respectively, by X-ray crystallography. Interestingly, C1(31876)-C80 is an unprecedented cage with a pair of adjacent pentagons, which can be closely connected with C2v(5)-C80via a two-step Stone–Wales transformation. More importantly, the C1(31876)-C80 cage is a key point in the transformation map of oxide cluster fullerenes, filling the vacancy in the formation process.

Graphical abstract: An unprecedented C80 cage that violates the isolated pentagon rule

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
23 Feb 2022
Accepted
25 Mar 2022
First published
25 Mar 2022

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2022,9, 2264-2270

An unprecedented C80 cage that violates the isolated pentagon rule

P. Yu, M. Li, W. Shen, S. Hu, P. Yu, X. Tian, X. Zhao, L. Bao and X. Lu, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2022, 9, 2264 DOI: 10.1039/D2QI00410K

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