Crystallographic characterization of Lu₂C_2n (2n = 76-90): cluster selection by cage size.

ABSTRACT: The successful isolation and unambiguous crystallographic assignment of a series of lutetium-containing endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs), Lu₂C_2n (2n = 76, 78, 80, 84, 86, 88, 90), reveal an unrecognized decisive effect of the cage size on the configuration of the encapsulated clusters. The molecular structures of these compounds are unambiguously assigned as Lu₂@T _d(2)-C₇₆, Lu₂@D _3h(5)-C₇₈, Lu₂@C _2v(5)-C₈₀, Lu₂@C _2v(7)-C₈₄, Lu₂@C _s(8)-C₈₆, Lu₂@C _s(15)-C₈₆, Lu₂@C ₁(26)-C₈₈, Lu<

SUBMITTER: Shen W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6345353 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature