Russian-doll-type metal carbide endofullerene: synthesis, isolation, and characterization of Sc4C2@C80.
For the first time, we have produced the stable compound Sc(4)C(2)@C(80)-I(h) and characterized it as a metal carbide endofullerene by FTIR and Raman spectroscopies in combination with DFT calculations. Furthermore, DFT calculations have demonstrated that this molecule has a Russian-doll-type structure, C(2)@Sc(4)@C(80).
Wang
Tai-Shan
TS
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Beijing 100080, China.
Chen
Ning
N
Xiang
Jun-Feng
JF
Li
Bao
B
Wu
Jing-Yi
JY
Xu
Wei
W
Jiang
Li
L
Tan
Kai
K
Shu
Chun-Ying
CY
Lu
Xin
X
Wang
Chun-Ru
CR