Structures of Endohedral Metallofullerenes

Accession number;06A0548457
Title;Structures of Endohedral Metallofullerenes
Author; AKASAKA TAKESHI (Univ. of Tsukuba) NAGASE SHIGERU (Bunshikagakuken)
Journal Title;Journal of the Crystallographic Society of Japan
Journal Code:G0232A
ISSN:0369-4585
VOL.48;NO.3;PAGE.230-235(2006)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.9, TBL.1, REF.46
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;The structures of many typical endohedral metallofullerenes have been reported by the powder X-ray analysis. For example, the report of the trimetallofullerene Sc3C82 has shown that the endohedral structure is Sc3@C82, this being widely accepted. However, the recent '13'C NMR spectroscopy and X-ray single crystal analysis have revealed that the structure of Sc3C82 is not Sc3@C82 but Sc3C2@C80. This may suggest that the endohedral structures reported from the powder X-ray study are not always reliable even in a qualitative sense. (author abst.)