Ti3C3@C2v(9)-C82: a double-butterfly tri-metal carbide cluster inside a fullerene cage

Zhiwen He; Zhengkai Cao; Yang-Rong Yao; Ning Chen

doi:10.1039/D5CC02276B

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Ti₃C₃@C_2v(9)-C₈₂: a double-butterfly tri-metal carbide cluster inside a fullerene cage†

Zhiwen He,‡^a Zhengkai Cao,‡^a Yang-Rong Yao

*^a and Ning Chen

*^a

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^a College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P. R. China
E-mail: yryao@suda.edu.cn, chenning@suda.edu.cn

Abstract

An unprecedented double-butterfly Ti₃C₃ cluster was stabilized inside a C₈₂ cage, forming a novel tri-metal carbide clusterfullerene, Ti₃C₃@C_2v(9)-C₈₂. The crystallographic results unambiguously reveal a rare Ti–C coordination mode, which differs significantly from that inside T₃C₃@I_h(7)-C₈₀, highlighting the key role of fullerene cages in determining the configuration of confined metal clusters.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC02276B
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 23 Apr 2025
Accepted: 19 May 2025
First published: 20 May 2025

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Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article

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Ti₃C₃@C_2v(9)-C₈₂: a double-butterfly tri-metal carbide cluster inside a fullerene cage

Z. He, Z. Cao, Y. Yao and N. Chen, Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC02276B

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