title: Russian-doll-type metal carbide endofullerene: synthesis, isolation, and characterization of Sc4C2@C80.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Beijing 100080, China.
authors.forename: Tai-Shan
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jun-Feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Bao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jing-Yi
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Chun-Ying
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Chun-Ru
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Wang