A bowl-shaped fullerene encapsulates a water into the cage.
The sequential carbon-carbon bond cleaving reactions of the diketone derivative of C60 with o-phenylenediamine give a novel bowl-shaped fullerene bearing a 20-membered ring orifice. The product reversibly encapsulates a water molecule into the fullerene cage for the first time.
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan. iwmt@urban.env.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Sho-ichi
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Iwamatsu
Takashi
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Uozaki
Kaoru
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Kobayashi
Suyong
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Re
Shigeru
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Nagase
Shizuaki
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Murata
D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D013696:Temperature; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
D037741:Fullerenes; D014867:Water