Synthesis and Structure of LaSc2N@Cs(hept)-C80 with One Heptagon and Thirteen Pentagons.

Yang Zhang; Kamran B. Ghiassi; Qingming Deng; Nataliya A. Samoylova; Marilyn M. Olmstead; Alan L. Balch; Alexey A. Popov

doi:10.1002/anie.201409094

Synthesis and Structure of LaSc₂N@C_s(hept)-C₈₀ with One Heptagon and Thirteen Pentagons.

Yang Zhang, Kamran B. Ghiassi, Qingming Deng, Nataliya A. Samoylova, Marilyn M. Olmstead, Alan L. Balch, Alexey A. Popov

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Abstract

The synthesis and single-crystal X-ray structural characterization of the first endohedral metallofullerene to contain a heptagon in the carbon cage are reported. The carbon framework surrounding the planar LaSc₂N unit in LaSc₂N@C_s(hept)-C₈₀ consists of one heptagon, 13 pentagons, and 28 hexagons. This cage is related to the most abundant I_h-C₈₀ isomer by one Stone-Wales-like, heptagon/pentagon to hexagon/hexagon realignment. DFT computations predict that LaSc₂N@C_s(hept)-C₈₀ is more stable than LaSc₂N@D_5h-C₈₀, and suggests that the low yield of the heptagon-containing endohedral fullerene may be caused by kinetic factors.

Original language	English
Journal	Angewandte chemie-international edition
Volume	54
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	505-509
Number of pages	5
ISSN	1433-7851
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201409094
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cage Compounds
Density Functional Calculations
Fullerenes
Scandium
X-ray Diffraction

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