title: Formation of heterofullerenes by direct exposure of C60 to boron vapor.
abstract: Introducing boron: heterofullerenes that incorporate boron have been scarcely studied because a formation route from C(60) is not known. It is now reported that C(59)B(-), an electronically closed-shell species, is formed directly from pristine C(60) in the gas-phase by facile atom exchange reactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 32306, USA.
authors.forename: Paul W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Dunk
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Fortea
authors.forename: Nathan K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: Hisanori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shinohara
authors.forename: Josep M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Poblet
authors.forename: Harold W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Kroto