Fine tuning of the orifice size of an open-cage fullerene by placing selenium in the rim: insertion/release of molecular hydrogen.
A newly synthesized open-cage fullerene containing selenium in the rim of the 13-membered-ring orifice allows milder conditions for hydrogen insertion, and the rate for hydrogen release is ca. three times faster than its sulfur analogue.
Chuang
Shih-Ching
SC
Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan.
Murata
Yasujiro
Y
Murata
Michihisa
M
Mori
Sadayuki
S
Maeda
Shuhei
S
Tanabe
Fumiyuki
F
Komatsu
Koichi
K