title: Access to an unexplored chiral C82  cage by encaging a divalent metal: structural elucidation and electrochemical studies of Sm@C2(5)-C82.
abstract: Access to a chiral C(82)  cage: Encaging a divalent samarium atom has provided access to an unexplored chiral cage of C(2)(5)-C(82) that has never been reported for trivalent M@C(82) or empty fullerenes. Inside this cage, a wandering Sm atom has been identified using crystallographic methods. In addition, electrochemical studies of Sm@C(2)(5)-C(82) have been performed to explore its oxidation properties (see figure).
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, PR China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: Lai
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Zujin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Yongfu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lian
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D055664:Electrochemical Techniques; D037741:Fullerenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012493:Samarium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D037741:Fullerenes; D012493:Samarium; D002244:Carbon