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Yang W, Barbosa MFDS, Alfonsov A, Rosenkranz M, Israel N, Büchner B, Avdoshenko SM, Liu F, Popov AA. Thirty Years of Hide-and-Seek: Capturing Abundant but Elusive M III@ C3v(8)-C 82 Isomer, and the Study of Magnetic Anisotropy Induced in Dy 3+ Ion by the Fullerene π-Ligand. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:25328-25342. [PMID: 39223083 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c10050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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Our knowledge about endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs) is restricted to the structures with sufficient kinetic stability to be extracted from the arc-discharge soot and processed by chromatographic and structural techniques. For the most abundant rare-earth monometallofullerene MIII@C82, experimental studies repeatedly demonstrated C2v(9) and Cs(6) carbon cage isomers, while computations predicted equal stability of the "missing" C3v(8) isomer. Here we report that this isomer is indeed formed but has not been recovered from soot using standard protocols. Using a combination of redox extraction and subsequent benzylation and trifluoromethylation with single-crystal XRD analysis of CF3 adduct, we prove that Dy@C3v(8)-C82 is one of the most abundantly produced metallofullerenes, which was not identified in earlier studies because of the low kinetic stability. Further, using the Dy@C3v(8)-C82(CF3) and Dy@C3v(8)-C82(CH2Ph) monoadducts for the case study, we analyzed the role of metal-fullerene bonding on the single-ion magnetic anisotropy of Dy in EMFs. The multitechnique approach, combining ab initio calculations, EPR spectroscopy, and SQUID magnetometry, demonstrated that coordination of the Dy ion to the fullerene cage induces moderate, nonaxial, and very fluid magnetic anisotropy, which strongly varies with small alterations in the Dy-fullerene coordination geometry. As a result, Dy@C3v(8)-C82(CH2Ph) is a weak field-induced single-molecule magnet (SMM), whose signatures of magnetic relaxation are detectable only below 3 K. Our results demonstrate that metal-cage interactions should have a detrimental effect on the SMM performance of EMFs. At the same time, the strong variability of the magnetic anisotropy with metal position suggests tunability and offers strategies for future progress.
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- Wei Yang
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023 China
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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Qiu J, Abella L, Du X, Cao Z, He Z, Meng Q, Yan Y, Poblet JM, Sun L, Rodríguez-Fortea A, Chen N. CaY@C 2n: Exploring Molecular Qubits with Ca-Y Metal-Metal Bonds. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:24310-24319. [PMID: 39165005 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c04720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/22/2024]
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Metal-metal bonding is crucial in chemistry for advancing our understanding of the fundamental aspects of chemical bonds. Metal-metal bonds based on alkaline-earth (Ae) elements, especially the heavier Ae elements (Ca, Sr, and Ba), are rarely reported due to their high electropositivity. Herein, we report two heteronuclear di-EMFs CaY@Cs(6)-C82 and CaY@C2v(5)-C80, which contain unprecedented single-electron Ca-Y metal-metal bonds. These compounds were characterized by single-crystal X-ray crystallography, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, and DFT calculations. The crystallographic study of CaY@Cs(6)-C82 shows that Ca and Y are successfully encapsulated into the carbon cage with a Ca-Y distance of 3.691 Å. The CW-EPR study of both CaY@Cs(6)-C82 and CaY@C2v(5)-C80 exhibits a doublet, suggesting the presence of an unpaired electron located between Ca and Y. The combined experimental and theoretical results confirm the presence of a Ca-Y single-electron metal-metal bond with substantial covalent interaction, attributed to significant overlap between the 4s4p orbitals of Ca and the 5s5p4d orbitals of Y. Furthermore, pulse EPR spectroscopy was used to investigate the quantum coherence of the electron spin within this bond. The unpaired electron, characterized by its s orbital nature, is effectively protected by the carbon cage, resulting in efficient suppression of both spin-lattice relaxation and decoherence. CaY@Cs(6)-C82 behaves as an electron spin qubit, displaying a maximum decoherence time of 7.74 μs at 40 K. This study reveals an unprecedented Ae-rare-earth metal-metal bond stabilized by the fullerene cages and elucidates the molecular qubit properties stemming from their unique bonding character, highlighting their potential in quantum information processing applications.
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- Jiawei Qiu
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Materials Science and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P.R. China
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- Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Marcel·lí Domingo 1, Tarragona 43007, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310030, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310024, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Materials Science and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Materials Science and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Materials Science and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Materials Science and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P.R. China
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- Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Marcel·lí Domingo 1, Tarragona 43007, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310030, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310024, China
- Key Laboratory for Quantum Materials of Zhejiang Province, Department of Physics, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310030, China
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- Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Marcel·lí Domingo 1, Tarragona 43007, Spain
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Materials Science and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P.R. China
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Yang W, Velkos G, Rosenkranz M, Schiemenz S, Liu F, Popov AA. Nd─Nd Bond in I h and D 5h Cage Isomers of Nd 2 @C 80 Stabilized by Electrophilic CF 3 Addition. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2305190. [PMID: 37946664 PMCID: PMC10767449 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202305190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Synthesis of molecular compounds with metal-metal bonds between 4f elements is recognized as one of the fascinating milestones in lanthanide metallochemistry. The main focus of such studies is on heavy lanthanides due to the interest in their magnetism, while bonding between light lanthanides remains unexplored. In this work, the Nd─Nd bonding in Nd-dimetallofullerenes as a case study of metal-metal bonding between early lanthanides is demonstrated. Combined experimental and computational study proves that pristine Nd2 @C80 has an open shell structure with a single electron occupying the Nd─Nd bonding orbital. Nd2 @C80 is stabilized by a one-electron reduction and further by the electrophilic CF3 addition to [Nd2 @C80 ]- . Single-crystal X-ray diffraction reveals the formation of two Nd2 @C80 (CF3 ) isomers with D5h -C80 and Ih -C80 carbon cages, both featuring a single-electron Nd─Nd bond with the length of 3.78-3.79 Å. The mutual influence of the exohedral CF3 group and endohedral metal dimer in determining the molecular structure of the adducts is analyzed. Unlike Tb or Dy analogs, which are strong single-molecule magnets with high blocking temperature of magnetization, the slow relaxation of magnetization in Nd2 @Ih -C80 (CF3 ) is detectable via out-of-phase magnetic susceptibility only below 3 K and in the presence of magnetic field.
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- Wei Yang
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials ResearchHelmholtzstraße 2001069DresdenGermany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials ResearchHelmholtzstraße 2001069DresdenGermany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials ResearchHelmholtzstraße 2001069DresdenGermany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials ResearchHelmholtzstraße 2001069DresdenGermany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials ResearchHelmholtzstraße 2001069DresdenGermany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials ResearchHelmholtzstraße 2001069DresdenGermany
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Shui Y, Liu D, Zhao P, Zhao X, Ehara M, Lu X, Akasaka T, Yang T. Element effects in endohedral metal-metal-bonding fullerenes M2@C82 (M = Sc, Y, La, Lu). J Chem Phys 2023; 159:244302. [PMID: 38131484 DOI: 10.1063/5.0180309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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Endohedral metal-metal-bonding fullerenes have recently emerged, in which encapsulated metals form a metal-metal bond. However, the physical reasons why some metal elements prefer to form metal-metal bonds inside fullerene are still unclear. Herein, we reported first-principles calculations on electronic structures, bonding properties, dynamics, and thermodynamic stabilities of endohedral metallofullerenes M2@C82 (M = Sc, Y, La, Lu). Multiple bonding analysis approaches unambiguously reveal the existence of one two-center two-electron σ covalent metal-metal bond in M2@C82 (M = Sc, Y, Lu); however, the La-La bonding interaction in La2@C82 is weaker and could not be categorized as one metal-metal covalent bond. The energy decomposition analysis on bonding interactions between an encapsulated metal dimer and fullerene cages suggested that there exist two electron-sharing bonds between a metal dimer and fullerene cages. The reasons why La2 prefers to donate electrons to fullerene cages rather than form a standard σ covalent metal-metal bond are mainly attributed to two following facts: La2 has a lower ionization potential, while the hybridization of ns, (n - 1)d, and np atomic orbitals in La2 is higher. Ab initio molecular dynamic simulations reveal that the M-M bond length at room temperature follows the trend of Sc < Lu < Y. The statistical thermodynamics calculations at different temperatures reveal that the experimentally observed endohedral metal-metal-bonding fullerenes M2@C82 have high concentrations in the endohedral fullerene formation temperature range.
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- Yuan Shui
- MOE Key Laboratory for Non-Equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, School of Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Non-Equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, School of Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Nishigonaka 38, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Non-Equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, School of Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Nishigonaka 38, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die and Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die and Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Non-Equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, School of Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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Yan Y, Abella L, Sun R, Fang YH, Roselló Y, Shen Y, Jin M, Rodríguez-Fortea A, de Graaf C, Meng Q, Yao YR, Echegoyen L, Wang BW, Gao S, Poblet JM, Chen N. Actinide-lanthanide single electron metal-metal bond formed in mixed-valence di-metallofullerenes. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6637. [PMID: 37863887 PMCID: PMC10589252 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42165-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023] Open
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Understanding metal-metal bonding involving f-block elements has been a challenging goal in chemistry. Here we report a series of mixed-valence di-metallofullerenes, ThDy@C2n (2n = 72, 76, 78, and 80) and ThY@C2n (2n = 72 and 78), which feature single electron actinide-lanthanide metal-metal bonds, characterized by structural, spectroscopic and computational methods. Crystallographic characterization unambiguously confirmed that Th and Y or Dy are encapsulated inside variably sized fullerene carbon cages. The ESR study of ThY@D3h(5)-C78 shows a doublet as expected for an unpaired electron interacting with Y, and a SQUID magnetometric study of ThDy@D3h(5)-C78 reveals a high-spin ground state for the whole molecule. Theoretical studies further confirm the presence of a single-electron bonding interaction between Y or Dy and Th, due to a significant overlap between hybrid spd orbitals of the two metals.
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- Yingjing Yan
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, P. R. China
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- Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Marcel·lí Domingo 1, 43007, Tarragona, Spain
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Material Chemistry and Application, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Material Chemistry and Application, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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- Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Marcel·lí Domingo 1, 43007, Tarragona, Spain
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, P. R. China
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- Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Marcel·lí Domingo 1, 43007, Tarragona, Spain
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- Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Marcel·lí Domingo 1, 43007, Tarragona, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010, Barcelona, Spain
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, P. R. China.
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W University Avenue, El Paso, TX, 79968, USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Material Chemistry and Application, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Material Chemistry and Application, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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- Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Marcel·lí Domingo 1, 43007, Tarragona, Spain.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, P. R. China.
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Xiang W, Hu Z, Xin J, Jin H, Jiang Z, Han X, Chen M, Yao YR, Yang S. Steering Single-Electron Metal-Metal Bonds and Hyperfine Coupling between a Transition Metal-Lanthanide Heteronuclear Bimetal Confined in Carbon Cages. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:22599-22608. [PMID: 37787921 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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Metal complexes bearing single-electron metal-metal bonds (SEMBs) exhibit unusual electronic structures evoking strong magnetic coupling, and such bonds can be stabilized in the form of dimetallofullerenes (di-EMFs) in which two metals are confined in a carbon cage. Up to now, only a few di-EMFs containing SEMBs are reported, which are all based on a high-symmetry icosahedral (Ih) C80 cage embedding homonuclear rare-earth bimetals, and a chemical modification of the Ih-C80 cage is required to stabilize the SEMB. Herein, by introducing 3d-block transition metal titanium (Ti) along with 4f-block lanthanum (La) into the carbon cage, we synthesized the first crystallographically characterized SEMB-containing 3d-4f heteronuclear di-EMFs based on pristine fullerene cages. Four novel La-Ti heteronuclear di-EMFs were isolated, namely, LaTi@D3h(5)-C78, LaTi@Ih(7)-C80, LaTi@D5h(6)-C80, and LaTi@C2v(9)-C82, and their molecular structures were unambiguously determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Upon increasing the cage size from C78 to C82, the La-Ti distance decreases from 4.31 to 3.97 Å, affording fine-tuning of the metal-metal bonding and hyperfine coupling, as evidenced by an electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopic study. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations confirm the existence of SEMB in all four LaTi@C2n di-EMFs, and the accumulation of electron density between La and Ti atoms shifts gradually from the proximity of the Ti atom inside C78 to the center of the LaTi bimetal inside C82 due to the decrease of the La-Ti distance. The electronic properties of LaTi@C2n heteronuclear dimetallofullerenes differ apparently from their homonuclear La2@C2n counterparts, revealing the peculiarity of heteronuclear dimetallofullerenes with the involvement of 3d-block transition metal Ti.
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- Wenhao Xiang
- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Feng L, Wang SP, Huang HH, Bai FQ. Dynamic Metastable Characteristics of Carbon Cages Embedded with Er 2C 2. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:14216-14227. [PMID: 37615424 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c01454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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Novel endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs), namely, Er2C2@C2v(5)-C80, Er2C2@Cs(6)-C82, Er2C2@Cs(15)-C84, Er2C2@C2v(9)-C86, Er2C2@Cs(15)-C86, and Er2C2@Cs(32)-C88, had been experimentally synthesized, and the unique structures and many fascinating properties had also been widely explored. Nevertheless, the position of the Er atoms inside the cage shows a severe disorder within the stable EMF monomer, which is difficult to understand and explain from the experimental point of view. In this work, based on the density functional theoretical calculations, the Er2C2@Cs(6)-C82 has 73 directional isomers and 2 Er atoms that are far beyond from Er-Er single bonding and tend to be close to the cage side (marked as "shell"), and the core (Er2C2 units) takes on a butterfly shape as generally revealed. The energy difference between any two of the isomers is in the range of 0.05 to 25.6 kcal/mol, indicating a relatively easy thermodynamic transition between the isomers. The other five Er carbide cluster EMFs (Er2C2@C2v(5)-C80, Er2C2@Cs(15)-C84, Er2C2@C2v(9)-C86, Er2C2@Cs(15)-C86, and Er2C2@Cs(32)-C88) are also studied in the same way, and 30, 37, 39, and 43 most stable Er-oriented sites inside the cage, respectively, are obtained. In addition, the shape of the Er2C2 gradually changed from butterfly to linear. Moreover, the electronic structure and molecular orbital analyses show that it is easy for Er2C2@C80-88 to form a charge transfer state of [Er2C2]4+@[C80-88]4- via the dynamic core-shell coordination equilibrium. Er2C2 with a steep drop in chemical stability is restricted to forming varying degrees of metastable states in the shell, determined by the shell size, to ensure the overall stability. The lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of these EMFs is increased by 0.5-1.1 eV compared with fullerenes C80-88, potentially providing favorable conditions for suitable energy level matching with EMF as an electron acceptor used in organic solar cell devices.
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- Lu Feng
- International Joint Research Laboratory of Nano-Micro Architecture Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry and College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P. R. China
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- International Joint Research Laboratory of Nano-Micro Architecture Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry and College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P. R. China
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- International Joint Research Laboratory of Nano-Micro Architecture Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry and College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P. R. China
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- International Joint Research Laboratory of Nano-Micro Architecture Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry and College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P. R. China
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Wedal JC, Anderson-Sanchez LM, Dumas MT, Gould CA, Beltrán-Leiva MJ, Celis-Barros C, Páez-Hernández D, Ziller JW, Long JR, Evans WJ. Synthesis and Crystallographic Characterization of a Reduced Bimetallic Yttrium ansa-Metallocene Hydride Complex, [K(crypt)][(μ-Cp An)Y(μ-H)] 2 (Cp An = Me 2Si[C 5H 3(SiMe 3)-3] 2), with a 3.4 Å Yttrium-Yttrium Distance. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:10730-10742. [PMID: 37133919 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c01405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The reduction of a bimetallic yttrium ansa-metallocene hydride was examined to explore the possible formation of Y-Y bonds with 4d1 Y(II) ions. The precursor [CpAnY(μ-H)(THF)]2 (CpAn = Me2Si[C5H3(SiMe3)-3]2) was synthesized by hydrogenolysis of the allyl complex CpAnY(η3-C3H5)(THF), which was prepared from (C3H5)MgCl and [CpAnY(μ-Cl)]2. Treatment of [CpAnY(μ-H)(THF)]2 with excess KC8 in the presence of one equivalent of 2.2.2-cryptand (crypt) generates an intensely colored red-brown product crystallographically identified as [K(crypt)][(μ-CpAn)Y(μ-H)]2. The two rings of each CpAn ligand in the reduced anion [(μ-CpAn)Y(μ-H)]21- are attached to two yttrium centers in a "flyover" configuration. The 3.3992(6) and 3.4022(7) Å Y···Y distances between the equivalent metal centers within two crystallographically independent complexes are the shortest Y···Y distances observed to date. Ultraviolet-visible (UV-visible)/near infrared (IR) and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy support the presence of Y(II), and theoretical analysis describes the singly occupied molecular orbital (SOMO) as an Y-Y bonding orbital composed of metal 4d orbitals mixed with metallocene ligand orbitals. A dysprosium analogue, [K(18-crown-6)(THF)2][(μ-CpAn)Dy(μ-H)]2, was also synthesized, crystallographically characterized, and studied by variable temperature magnetic susceptibility. The magnetic data are best modeled with the presence of one 4f9 Dy(III) center and one 4f9(5dz2)1 Dy(II) center with no coupling between them. CASSCF calculations are consistent with magnetic measurements supporting the absence of coupling between the Dy centers.
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- Justin C Wedal
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Center of Applied Nanoscience (CANS), Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago 8370146, Chile
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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Yu P, Hu S, Tian X, Shen W, Yu P, Guo K, Xie Y, Bao L, Lu X. Steering Lu 3N clusters in C 76-78 cages: cluster configuration dominated by cage transformation. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:17290-17296. [PMID: 36377636 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr05049h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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While the strong interaction between the internal unit and the fullerene cage inside metallofullerenes is widely acknowledged, how the cage transformation interacts with the cluster configuration remains elusive. For this purpose, we herein synthesized three metallofullerene molecules with an easy-to-compare cluster configuration and cage arrangement, namely Lu3N@Cs(17 490)-C76, Lu3N@C2(22 010)-C78, and Lu3N@D3h(5)-C78. The three lutetium-based nitride clusterfullerenes (NCFs) with small C76-78 carbon cages were synthesized by a modified arc-discharge method and their structures were unambiguously confirmed by X-ray crystallography. Notably, the cage transformation from Cs(17 490)-C76 to C2(22 010)-C78via a simple C2-unit insertion leads to a remarkable configuration change of the encapsulated Lu3N cluster from an unusual asymmetric plane to a common symmetric one. This close correlation between the cluster configuration and cage transformation is further confirmed by the pyramidal Lu3N cluster in Lu3N@D3h(5)-C78 other than the symmetric planar Lu3N unit in Lu3N@C2(22 010)-C78, as a result of an even larger difference in the cage arrangement. Astonishingly, such a cluster shrinkage, accompanied by an increase in the cage size from Cs(17 490)-C76 to D3h(5)-C78, is dramatically opposite to the cluster expansion with cage elongation found in La2C2- or Y2C2-based metallofullerenes.
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- Pengwei Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074 China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074 China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074 China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074 China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074 China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074 China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074 China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074 China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074 China.
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Li M, Zhao R, Dang J, Zhao X. Theoretical study on the stabilities, electronic structures, and reaction and formation mechanisms of fullerenes and endohedral metallofullerenes. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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He J, Li M, Zhang W, Zhao X. Stabilities, Geometries, Electronic Structures, and Conversion Rules of Carbide Cluster Metallofullerenes. CHEM REC 2022; 22:e202200148. [PMID: 35914902 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202200148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Revised: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Since the discovery of the first carbide cluster metallofullerene (CCMF) Sc2 C2 @C84 in 2001, CCMFs have attracted great concerns with variable structures and fascinating characteristics. To date, there are hundreds of studies on CCMFs. Crystallography studies on CCMFs are carried out by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Theoretical calculations can also be used to study CCMFs in detail without being limited by low experimental yields. This review analyzes the stability of CCMFs reported previously, and indicates that the C2 unit contributes a lot to their stability. At the same time, the relationship between the structures of inner carbide cluster and cage size is systematically discussed, and the four-electron transfer always occurs. Furthermore, the possible transformation rule between di-EMFs and CCMFs is indicated. Finally, an outlook regarding the future developments and applications of CCMFs is presented.
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- Jun He
- Institute of Molecular Science & Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment & MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- Institute of Molecular Science & Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment & MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China.,School of Physics, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710071, China
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- Institute of Molecular Science & Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment & MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- Institute of Molecular Science & Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment & MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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Hu S, Zhao P, Li B, Yu P, Yang L, Ehara M, Jin P, Akasaka T, Lu X. Cluster-Geometry-Associated Metal-Metal Bonding in Trimetallic Carbide Clusterfullerenes. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:11277-11283. [PMID: 35838171 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Geometry configurations of the metallic clusters play a significant role in the involved bonding nature. Herein, we report the crystallographic characterization of unprecedented erbium-based trimetallic clusterfullerenes, namely, Er3C2@Ih(7)-C80, in which the inner Er3C2 cluster presents a lifted bat ray configuration with the C2 unit elevated by ∼1.62 Å above the Er3 plane. Within the plane, the Er···Er distances for Er1···Er2, Er1···Er2A, and Er2···Er2A are 3.4051(15), 3.4051(15), and 3.3178(15) Å, respectively, falling into the range of the metal-metal bonding. Density functional theory calculations unveil the three-center-one-electron Er-Er-Er bond in Er3C2@Ih(7)-C80 with one electron shared by three metals, and thus, its exceptional electronic structure can be expressed as (Er3)8+(C2)2-@C806-. Interestingly, with the further observation on the geometry configurations of the encapsulated clusters in M3C2@C2n (M = Sc, Y, and Lu) series, we find that the lifted bat ray configuration of the inner cluster is explicitly associated with the formation of the bonding interactions between the inner metals. This finding provides insights into the nature of metal-metal bonding and gives guidelines for the design of the single-molecule magnet.
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- Shuaifeng Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan.,Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8520, Japan
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
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- Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan.,Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8520, Japan
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, China
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Yang W, Velkos G, Sudarkova S, Büchner B, Avdoshenko SM, Liu F, Popov AA, Chen N. Carbon cage isomers and magnetic Dy⋯Dy interactions in Dy 2O@C 88 and Dy 2C 2@C 88 metallofullerenes. Inorg Chem Front 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2qi01796b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Isomers of Dy2O@C88 and Dy2C2@C88 show a strong variation in the type and strength of Dy⋯Dy superexchange interactions and magnetization relaxation rate.
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- Wei Yang
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P. R. China
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P. R. China
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Dong B, Yu Y, Slanina Z, Wang F, Lian Y, Uhlik F, Feng L. Ho 2C 2 Cluster with Flexible Configurations inside a Large C2(61)-C 92 Cage. Inorg Chem 2021; 61:605-612. [PMID: 34919395 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Carbide clusterfullerenes (CCFs) have been of great concern due to their potential applications in materials science, in which the internal carbide cluster plays vital roles in the stability and properties of CCF. However, there still remains a debate about what configuration is ideal for the internal carbide cluster. In this work, we isolated two isomers (I and II) of Ho2C94 and studied them by means of mass spectrometry, UV-vis-NIR spectroscopy, and cyclic/differential pulse voltammetry. A combined study of single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SC-XRD) and density functional theory (DFT) computation ascertains isomer-I as Ho2C2@C2(61)-C92, in which the Ho2C2 cluster displays variable configurations from planar zigzag to folded butterfly with very small distortion energy (∼10 kJ/mol). This study hence confirms that the internal carbide cluster is intrinsically flexible over a broad geometrical range in a relatively large fullerene cage, where the nanoscale compression effect is almost negligible.
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- Bo Dong
- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China.,College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations & Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China.,College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations & Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0041, United States
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- College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations & Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, 128 43 Praha 2, Czech Republic
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- College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations & Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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Shen W, Bao L, Lu X. Endohedral Metallofullerenes: An Ideal Platform of
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Chemistry. CHINESE J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202100541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Wangqiang Shen
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan Hubei 430074 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan Hubei 430074 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan Hubei 430074 China
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Yao YR, Roselló Y, Ma L, Puente Santiago AR, Metta-Magaña A, Chen N, Rodríguez-Fortea A, Poblet JM, Echegoyen L. Crystallographic Characterization of U@C 2n (2 n = 82-86): Insights about Metal-Cage Interactions for Mono-metallofullerenes. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:15309-15318. [PMID: 34516733 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c06833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Endohedral mono-metallofullerenes are the prototypes to understand the fundamental nature and the unique interactions between the encapsulated metals and the fullerene cages. Herein, we report the crystallographic characterizations of four new U-based mono-metallofullerenes, namely, U@Cs(6)-C82, U@C2(8)-C84, U@Cs(15)-C84, and U@C1(12)-C86, among which the chiral cages C2(8)-C84 and C1(12)-C86 have never been previously reported for either endohedral or empty fullerenes. Symmetrical patterns, such as indacene, sumanene, and phenalene, and charge transfer are found to determine the metal positions inside the fullerene cages. In addition, a new finding concerning the metal positions inside the cages reveals that the encapsulated metal ions are always located on symmetry planes of the fullerene cages, as long as the fullerene cages possess mirror planes. DFT calculations show that the metal-fullerene motif interaction determines the stability of the metal position. In fullerenes containing symmetry planes, the metal prefers to occupy a symmetrical arrangement with respect to the interacting motifs, which share one of their symmetry planes with the fullerene. In all computationally analyzed fullerenes containing at least one symmetry plane, the actinide was found to be located on the mirror plane. This finding provides new insights into the nature of metal-cage interactions and gives new guidelines for structural determinations using crystallographic and theoretical methods.
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- Yang-Rong Yao
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W University Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, c/Marcel·lí Domingo 1, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W University Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W University Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W University Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, c/Marcel·lí Domingo 1, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, c/Marcel·lí Domingo 1, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W University Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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Lanthanides and actinides: Annual survey of their organometallic chemistry covering the year 2019. Coord Chem Rev 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.213830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Jin F, Xin J, Guan R, Xie XM, Chen M, Zhang Q, Popov AA, Xie SY, Yang S. Stabilizing a three-center single-electron metal-metal bond in a fullerene cage. Chem Sci 2021; 12:6890-6895. [PMID: 34123317 PMCID: PMC8153215 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc00965f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Trimetallic carbide clusterfullerenes (TCCFs) encapsulating a quinary M3C2 cluster represent a special family of endohedral fullerenes with an open-shell electronic configuration. Herein, a novel TCCF based on a medium-sized rare earth metal, dysprosium (Dy), is synthesized for the first time. The molecular structure of Dy3C2@I h(7)-C80 determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction shows that the encapsulated Dy3C2 cluster adopts a bat ray configuration, in which the acetylide unit C2 is elevated above the Dy3 plane by ∼1.66 Å, while Dy-Dy distances are ∼3.4 Å. DFT computational analysis of the electronic structure reveals that the endohedral cluster has an unusual formal charge distribution of (Dy3)8+(C2)2-@C80 6- and features an unprecedented three-center single-electron Dy-Dy-Dy bond, which has never been reported for lanthanide compounds. Moreover, this electronic structure is different from that of the analogous Sc3C2@I h(7)-C80 with a (Sc3)9+(C2)3-@C80 6- charge distribution and no metal-metal bonding.
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- Fei Jin
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 China
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- State Key Lab for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Mate-rials, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 China
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- State Key Lab for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Mate-rials, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden) Helmholtzstrasse 20 Dresden 01069 Germany
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- State Key Lab for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Mate-rials, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China Hefei 230026 China
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Shi C, Li ZC, Caporaso L, Cavallo L, Falivene L, Chen EYX. Hybrid monomer design for unifying conflicting polymerizability, recyclability, and performance properties. Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2021.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zhang K, Zheng H, Li M, Li QZ, Zhao Y, Zhao X. Significant Roles of a Particularly Stable Two-Center Two-Electron Lu-Lu σ Bond in Lu 2@C 86: Electronic Structure of Lu and Radius of Lu 2. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:2425-2436. [PMID: 33497217 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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There is still dispute over the stability of endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs) M2C2n, and recently, multiform lutetium-based dimetallofullerenes have been dropped in experiments. The thermodynamic stabilities of Lu2C86 EMFs are revealed by density functional theory (DFT) in conjunction with statistical thermodynamic analyses. Inevitably, besides the experimentally reported Lu2@C2v(63751)-C86, Lu2@Cs(63750)-C86, and Lu2@Cs(63757)-C86, other three metal carbide clusterfullerenes, Lu2C2@D2d(51591)-C84, Lu2C2@C1(51383)-C84, and Lu2C2@Cs(id207430)-C84, rather than Lu2@C86 are first characterized as thermodynamically stable isomers of Lu2C86. Specially, the Cs(id207430)-C84 is a newly non-classical fullerene containing one heptagon, which is stabilized via encaging Lu2C2. Another interesting phenomenon is that the outer fullerene cages of thermodynamically stable Lu2C82-88 molecules are geometrically connected through C2 addition/loss and Stone-Wales (SW) transformation, suggesting a special relationship between thermodynamic stabilities and geometries of Lu2C82-88 EMFs. Furthermore, the electronic configurations of (Lu2)4+@C864- and (Lu2C2)4+@C844- were confirmed. A significantly stable two-center two-electron (2c-2e) Lu-Lu σ single bond is formed in Lu2@C86. By comparing M-M bonds in M2@C2v(63751)-C86 (M = Sc, Y, La, and Lu), two significant factors, the valence atomic orbital (ns) of metal atoms and radius of M2+, are found to determine the stability of the M-M bond in the C2v(63751)-C86. Additionally, the simulated UV-vis-NIR spectra of thermodynamically stable Lu2C86 isomers were simulated, which further disclose their electronic features.
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- KaiNi Zhang
- Institute of Molecular Science & Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Center of Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy, School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Institute of Molecular Science & Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Institute of Molecular Science & Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Institute of Molecular Science & Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Institute of Molecular Science & Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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Yu Y, Slanina Z, Wang F, Yang Y, Lian Y, Uhlik F, Xin B, Feng L. Ho 2O @D3(85)-C 92: Highly Stretched Cluster Dictated by a Giant Cage and Unexplored Isomerization. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:11020-11027. [PMID: 32674571 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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For endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs), it has been well established that the cage shape and size should match those of the endohedral cluster. As a result, sufficient cluster-cage interaction can be achieved, which is essential for mutual stabilization. Nevertheless, how a small endohedral cluster nests in a giant fullerene has been less explored. Herein, we report a pair of large oxide-cluster fullerene (OCF) isomers, denoted as Ho2O@C92-I and -II. Crystallographic studies reveal that major isomer-I possesses a D3(85)-C92 cage with a highly stretched Ho2O cluster inside, which contributes to achieving regular metal-cage contacts. Density functional theory (DFT) computations also reveal the predominant abundance of the D3(85) isomer relative to the other two possible minor species including C1(67) and C2(64) isomers. Moreover, electrochemical (EC) studies verify that the isomers exhibit almost identical redox behaviors, indicating their similar cage structures. On the basis of the remarkable topological similarity of D3(85) and C1(67) isomers, isomer-II is likely to be Ho2O@C1(67)-C92, though it remains to be confirmed. Our studies thus provide new insights into the cage-cluster interplay and cage isomerization, both contributing to a better understanding of large EMFs.
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- Yanling Yu
- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China.,College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS & Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0041, United States
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- College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS & Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS & Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, 128 43 Praha 2, Czech Republic
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS & Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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Yu P, Bao L, Yang L, Hao D, Jin P, Shen W, Fang H, Akasaka T, Lu X. Crystallographic Characterization of Ti 2C 2@ D3h(5)-C 78, Ti 2C 2@ C3v(8)-C 82, and Ti 2C 2@ Cs(6)-C 82: Identification of Unsupported Ti 2C 2 Cluster with Cage-Dependent Configurations. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:9416-9423. [PMID: 32551612 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fullerene cages are ideal hosts to encapsulate otherwise unstable metallic clusters to form endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs). Herein, a novel Ti2C2 cluster with two titanium atoms bridged by a C2-unit has been stabilized by three different fullerene cages to form Ti2C2@D3h(5)-C78, Ti2C2@C3v(8)-C82, and Ti2C2@Cs(6)-C82, representing the first examples of unsupported titanium carbide clusters. Crystallographic results show that the configuration of the Ti2C2 cluster changes upon cage variation. In detail, the Ti2C2 cluster adopts a butterfly shape in Ti2C2@C3v(8)-C82 and Ti2C2@Cs(6)-C82 with Ti-C2-Ti dihedral angles of 156.35 and 147.52° and Ti-Ti distances of 3.633 and 3.860 Å, respectively. In sharp contrast, a stretched planar geometry of Ti2C2 is observed in Ti2C2@D3h(5)-C78, where a Ti-C2-Ti angle of 176.87° and a long Ti-Ti distance of 5.000 Å are presented. Consistently, theoretical calculations reveal that the cluster configuration is very sensitive to the cage shape which eventually determines the electronic structures of the hybrid EMF-molecules, thus adding new insights into modern coordination chemistry.
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- Pengyuan Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074 China
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Bao L, Li Y, Yu P, Shen W, Jin P, Lu X. Preferential Formation of Mono‐Metallofullerenes Governed by the Encapsulation Energy of the Metal Elements: A Case Study on Eu@C
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- Lipiao Bao
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould TechnologySchool of Materials Science and EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan 430074 China
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- School of Materials Science and EngineeringHebei University of Technology Tianjin 300130 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould TechnologySchool of Materials Science and EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan 430074 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould TechnologySchool of Materials Science and EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan 430074 China
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- School of Materials Science and EngineeringHebei University of Technology Tianjin 300130 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould TechnologySchool of Materials Science and EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan 430074 China
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Shen W, Hu S, Lu X. Endohedral Metallofullerenes: New Structures and Unseen Phenomena. Chemistry 2020; 26:5748-5757. [PMID: 31886563 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201905306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2019] [Revised: 12/27/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs), namely fullerenes with metallic species encapsulated inside, represent an ideal platform to investigate metal-metal or metal-carbon interactions at the sub-nanometer scale by means of single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD) crystallography. Herein, recent progress in the identification of new structures and unprecedented properties are discussed according to the categories of monometallofullerenes, dimetallofullerenes, carbide clusterfullerenes, and nitride clusterfullerenes. In particular, the dimerization and the cage-isomer dependent oxidation state of the inner metal atom are summarized in terms of pristine monometallofullerenes. Metal-metal bonds involving lanthanide-lanthanides or actinide-actinides are discussed based on both experimental and theoretical studies. The cluster-cage matching and/or mutual selections, as well as the rarely seen M=C double bonds, are discovered in M2 C2 @C2n , U2 C@C80 , M2 TiC@C80 , and Ti3 C3 @C80 . Subsequently, the geometries of different M3 N clusters in various cages are discussed, revealing size-matching between the internal M3 N cluster and the outer cage induced by the planarity of the cluster. Finally, an outlook regarding the future developments of the molecular structures and applications of EMFs is presented.
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- Wangqiang Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China
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Yu B, Shen W, Yang L, Liu Y, Pan C, Cong H, Jin P, Lu X. Regioselective Synthesis, Crystallographic Characterization, and Electrochemical Properties of Pyrazole‐ and Pyrrole‐Ring‐Fused Derivatives of Y
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- Bing Yu
- Lab for New Fiber Materials and Modern TextileGrowing Base for State Key LaboratoryCollege of Chemical and Environmental EngineeringQingdao University Qingdao 266071 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould TechnologySchool of Materials Science and EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and EngineeringHebei University of Technology Tianjin 300130 P. R. China
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- Lab for New Fiber Materials and Modern TextileGrowing Base for State Key LaboratoryCollege of Chemical and Environmental EngineeringQingdao University Qingdao 266071 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould TechnologySchool of Materials Science and EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
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- Lab for New Fiber Materials and Modern TextileGrowing Base for State Key LaboratoryCollege of Chemical and Environmental EngineeringQingdao University Qingdao 266071 P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and EngineeringHebei University of Technology Tianjin 300130 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould TechnologySchool of Materials Science and EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
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Hu S, Zhao P, Shen W, Ehara M, Xie Y, Akasaka T, Lu X. Crystallographic Characterization of Er2C2@C80–88: Cluster Stretching with Cage Elongation. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:1940-1946. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Shuaifeng Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
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- Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
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- Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
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Shen W, Hu Z, Yu P, Wei Z, Jin P, Shi Z, Lu X. An experimental and theoretical study of LuNC@C76,82 revealing a cage-cluster selection rule. Inorg Chem Front 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0qi00781a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Four novel Lu-based monometallic cyanide clusterfullerenes were successfully obtained and characterized. X-ray and theoretical results demonstrated that the configuration of internal LuNC unit is governed by the Lu-cage coordination interactions.
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- Wangqiang Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric Materials and Devices
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Peking University
- Beijing 100871
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan
- China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Hebei University of Technology
- Tianjin
- China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Hebei University of Technology
- Tianjin
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric Materials and Devices
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Peking University
- Beijing 100871
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan
- China
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Yu P, Shen W, Bao L, Pan C, Slanina Z, Lu X. Trapping an unprecedented Ti 3C 3 unit inside the icosahedral C 80 fullerene: a crystallographic survey. Chem Sci 2019; 10:10925-10930. [PMID: 32190248 PMCID: PMC7066662 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc04315b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The sub-nanometer cavity of fullerene cages is an ideal platform to accommodate otherwise unstable species for accurate structural characterization with, for example, rather accurate single crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD) crystallography. Herein, we report the successful entrapment of an isolated Ti3C3 moiety inside the icosahedral-C80 cage to form Ti3C3@Ih-C80 via an arc-evaporation process in the gas phase. The single crystal XRD crystallographic results unambiguously reveal that the C3-unit adopts an unprecedented cyclopropane-like structure which coordinates with the three titanium atoms in an unexpected fashion where the triangular C3-unit is nearly perpendicular to the Ti3-plane. The intercalation of a cyclopropanated C3-unit into the titanium layer is thus unambiguously confirmed. The theoretical results reveal that the Ti3C3 cluster transfers six electrons to the Ih-C80 cage so that each titanium atom has a positive charge slightly above +2 and the C3-unit is negatively charged with about -1. It is noteworthy that this is the first observation of the cyclopropane-coordination fashion in any reported organometallic complex, providing new insights into coordination chemistry.
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- Pengyuan Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology , School of Materials Science and Engineering , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , 1037 Luoyu Road , Wuhan , 430074 China .
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology , School of Materials Science and Engineering , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , 1037 Luoyu Road , Wuhan , 430074 China .
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology , School of Materials Science and Engineering , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , 1037 Luoyu Road , Wuhan , 430074 China .
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology , School of Materials Science and Engineering , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , 1037 Luoyu Road , Wuhan , 430074 China .
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology , School of Materials Science and Engineering , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , 1037 Luoyu Road , Wuhan , 430074 China .
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology , School of Materials Science and Engineering , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , 1037 Luoyu Road , Wuhan , 430074 China .
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Bao L, Li Y, Yu P, Shen W, Jin P, Lu X. Preferential Formation of Mono‐Metallofullerenes Governed by the Encapsulation Energy of the Metal Elements: A Case Study on Eu@C
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=74–84) Revealing a General Rule. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201910743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Lipiao Bao
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould TechnologySchool of Materials Science and EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan 430074 China
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- School of Materials Science and EngineeringHebei University of Technology Tianjin 300130 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould TechnologySchool of Materials Science and EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan 430074 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould TechnologySchool of Materials Science and EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan 430074 China
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- School of Materials Science and EngineeringHebei University of Technology Tianjin 300130 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould TechnologySchool of Materials Science and EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan 430074 China
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Zhuang J, Abella L, Sergentu DC, Yao YR, Jin M, Yang W, Zhang X, Li X, Zhang D, Zhao Y, Li X, Wang S, Echegoyen L, Autschbach J, Chen N. Diuranium(IV) Carbide Cluster U2C2 Stabilized Inside Fullerene Cages. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:20249-20260. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b10247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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Yang W, Velkos G, Liu F, Sudarkova SM, Wang Y, Zhuang J, Zhang H, Li X, Zhang X, Büchner B, Avdoshenko SM, Popov AA, Chen N. Single Molecule Magnetism with Strong Magnetic Anisotropy and Enhanced Dy∙∙∙Dy Coupling in Three Isomers of Dy-Oxide Clusterfullerene Dy 2O@C 82. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2019; 6:1901352. [PMID: 31637168 PMCID: PMC6794633 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201901352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Revised: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A new class of single-molecule magnets (SMMs) based on Dy-oxide clusterfullerenes is synthesized. Three isomers of Dy2O@C82 with C s(6), C 3v(8), and C 2v(9) cage symmetries are characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, which shows that the endohedral Dy-(µ2-O)-Dy cluster has bent shape with very short Dy-O bonds. Dy2O@C82 isomers show SMM behavior with broad magnetic hysteresis, but the temperature and magnetization relaxation depend strongly on the fullerene cage. The short Dy-O distances and the large negative charge of the oxide ion in Dy2O@C82 result in the very strong magnetic anisotropy of Dy ions. Their magnetic moments are aligned along the Dy-O bonds and are antiferromagnetically (AFM) coupled. At low temperatures, relaxation of magnetization in Dy2O@C82 proceeds via the ferromagnetically (FM)-coupled excited state, giving Arrhenius behavior with the effective barriers equal to the AFM-FM energy difference. The AFM-FM energy differences of 5.4-12.9 cm-1 in Dy2O@C82 are considerably larger than in SMMs with {Dy2O2} bridges, and the Dy∙∙∙Dy exchange coupling in Dy2O@C82 is the strongest among all dinuclear Dy SMMs with diamagnetic bridges. Dy-oxide clusterfullerenes provide a playground for the further tuning of molecular magnetism via variation of the size and shape of the fullerene cage.
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- Wei Yang
- College of ChemistryChemical Engineering and Materials ScienceSoochow UniversitySuzhouJiangsu215123P. R. China
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden)Helmholtzstrasse 2001069DresdenGermany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden)Helmholtzstrasse 2001069DresdenGermany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden)Helmholtzstrasse 2001069DresdenGermany
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- College of ChemistryChemical Engineering and Materials ScienceSoochow UniversitySuzhouJiangsu215123P. R. China
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- College of ChemistryChemical Engineering and Materials ScienceSoochow UniversitySuzhouJiangsu215123P. R. China
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- College of ChemistryChemical Engineering and Materials ScienceSoochow UniversitySuzhouJiangsu215123P. R. China
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- College of ChemistryChemical Engineering and Materials ScienceSoochow UniversitySuzhouJiangsu215123P. R. China
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- College of ChemistryChemical Engineering and Materials ScienceSoochow UniversitySuzhouJiangsu215123P. R. China
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden)Helmholtzstrasse 2001069DresdenGermany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden)Helmholtzstrasse 2001069DresdenGermany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden)Helmholtzstrasse 2001069DresdenGermany
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- College of ChemistryChemical Engineering and Materials ScienceSoochow UniversitySuzhouJiangsu215123P. R. China
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Liu F, Spree L, Krylov DS, Velkos G, Avdoshenko SM, Popov AA. Single-Electron Lanthanide-Lanthanide Bonds Inside Fullerenes toward Robust Redox-Active Molecular Magnets. Acc Chem Res 2019; 52:2981-2993. [PMID: 31571482 PMCID: PMC6796827 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A characteristic phenomenon of lanthanide-fullerene interactions is the transfer of metal valence electrons to the carbon cage. With early lanthanides such as La, a complete transfer of six valence electrons takes place for the metal dimers encapsulated in the fullerene cage. However, the low energy of the σ-type Ln-Ln bonding orbital in the second half of the lanthanide row limits the Ln2 → fullerene transfer to only five electrons. One electron remains in the Ln-Ln bonding orbital, whereas the fullerene cage with a formal charge of -5 is left electron-deficient. Such Ln2@C80 molecules are unstable in the neutral form but can be stabilized by substitution of one carbon atom by nitrogen to give azafullerenes Ln2@C79N or by quenching the unpaired electron on the fullerene cage by reacting it with a chemical such as benzyl bromide, transforming one sp2 carbon into an sp3 carbon and yielding the monoadduct Ln2@C80(CH2Ph). Because of the presence of the Ln-Ln bonding molecular orbital with one electron, the Ln2@C79N and Ln2@C80(R) molecules feature a unique single-electron Ln-Ln bond and an unconventional +2.5 oxidation state of the lanthanides. In this Account, which brings together metallofullerenes, molecular magnets, and lanthanides in unconventional valence states, we review the progress in the studies of dimetallofullerenes with single-electron Ln-Ln bonds and highlight the consequences of the unpaired electron residing in the Ln-Ln bonding orbital for the magnetic interactions between Ln ions. Usually, Ln···Ln exchange coupling in polynuclear lanthanide compounds is weak because of the core nature of 4f electrons. However, when interactions between Ln centers are mediated by a radical bridge, stronger coupling may be achieved because of the diffuse nature of radical-based orbitals. Ultimately, when the role of a radical bridge is played by a single unpaired electron in the Ln-Ln bonding orbital, the strength of the exchange coupling is increased dramatically. Giant exchange coupling in endohedral Ln2 dimers is combined with a rather strong axial ligand field exerted on the lanthanide ions by the fullerene cage and the excess electron density localized between two Ln ions. As a result, Ln2@C79N and Ln2@C80(CH2Ph) compounds exhibit slow relaxation of magnetization and exceptionally high blocking temperatures for Ln = Dy and Tb. At low temperatures, the [Ln3+-e-Ln3+] fragment behaves as a single giant spin. Furthermore, the Ln-Ln bonding orbital in dimetallofullerenes is redox-active, which allows its population to be changed by electrochemical reactions, thus changing the magnetic properties because the change in the number of electrons residing in the Ln-Ln orbital affects the magnetic structure of the molecule.
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- Fupin Liu
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstraße 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstraße 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstraße 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
- Center for Quantum Nanoscience, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstraße 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstraße 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstraße 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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Hu S, Shen W, Zhao P, Xu T, Slanina Z, Ehara M, Zhao X, Xie Y, Akasaka T, Lu X. Crystallographic characterization of Er 2C 2@C 2(43)-C 90, Er 2C 2@C 2(40)-C 90, Er 2C 2@C 2(44)-C 90, and Er 2C 2@C 1(21)-C 90: the role of cage-shape on cluster configuration. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:17319-17326. [PMID: 31513222 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr06466d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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For endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs), that is, fullerenes encapsulating metallic species, cage size is known to be an important factor for cluster configuration adoption; however, the impact of the cage shape on the cluster geometry fitting remains poorly understood. Herein, for the first time, four dierbium-carbide EMFs with C90 cages, namely, Er2C2@C2(43)-C90, Er2C2@C2(40)-C90, Er2C2@C2(44)-C90, and Er2C2@C1(21)-C90, were successfully synthesized and fully characterized using a combination of mass spectrometry, single-crystal X-ray diffractometry, vis-NIR, Raman and photoluminescence spectroscopies, and cyclic voltammetry. In particular, the fullerene cages of C2(43)-C90 and C2(44)-C90 are crystallographically identified for the first time. Interestingly, the ErEr distance of the major sites in Er2C2@C2(43)-C90, Er2C2@C2(40)-C90, Er2C2@C2(44)-C90, and Er2C2@C1(21)-C90 is 3.927, 4.058, 4.172, and 4.651 Å, respectively, which increases gradually with an increase in the major axis of the cage. Moreover, the bond length of the inner C2-unit decreases progressively with an increase in the ErEr distance, indicating that the inserted C2-unit can serve as a molecular spring to support the strong metal-cage interactions within cages with the same size but different shapes. Hence, the role of cage shape on the cluster configuration is unveiled safely for the as-obtained Er2C2@C90 isomers.
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- Shuaifeng Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- Institute for Chemical Physics & Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China. and Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Physics & Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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Hu S, Shen W, Yang L, Duan G, Jin P, Xie Y, Akasaka T, Lu X. Crystallographic and Theoretical Investigations of Er 2 @C 2 n (2 n=82, 84, 86): Indication of Distance-Dependent Metal-Metal Bonding Nature. Chemistry 2019; 25:11538-11544. [PMID: 31290169 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201902321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Successful isolation and characterization of a series of Er-based dimetallofullerenes present valuable insights into the realm of metal-metal bonding. These species are crystallographically identified as Er2 @Cs (6)-C82 , Er2 @C3v (8)-C82 , Er2 @C1 (12)-C84 , and Er2 @C2v (9)-C86 , in which the structure of the C1 (12)-C84 cage is unambiguously characterized for the first time by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Interestingly, natural bond orbital analysis demonstrates that the two Er atoms in Er2 @Cs (6)-C82 , Er2 @C3v (8)-C82 , and Er2 @C2v (9)-C86 form a two-electron-two-center Er-Er bond. However, for Er2 @C1 (12)-C84 , with the longest Er⋅⋅⋅Er distance, a one-electron-two-center Er-Er bond may exist. Thus, the difference in the Er⋅⋅⋅Er separation indicates distinct metal bonding natures, suggesting a distance-dependent bonding behavior for the internal dimetallic cluster. Additionally, electrochemical studies suggest that Er2 @C82-86 are good electron donors instead of electron acceptors. Hence, this finding initiates a connection between metal-metal bonding chemistry and fullerene chemistry.
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- Shuaifeng Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die &, Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die &, Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die &, Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die &, Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die &, Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die &, Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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Cai W, Chen CH, Chen N, Echegoyen L. Fullerenes as Nanocontainers That Stabilize Unique Actinide Species Inside: Structures, Formation, and Reactivity. Acc Chem Res 2019; 52:1824-1833. [PMID: 31260256 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Fullerene carbon cages can encapsulate a wide variety of atoms, ions, clusters, or small molecules inside, resulting in stable compounds with unusual structures and electronic properties. These compounds are collectively defined as endohedral fullerenes. The most studied endohedral fullerenes are those containing metal atoms or ions inside, and these are referred to as endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs). For EMFs, the inner isolated space of the fullerene cages can lead to the stabilization of unique clusters, which are otherwise not synthetically accessible. This offers an excellent environment and opportunity for investigating the nature of previously unobserved metal-metal, metal-non-metal, and metal-fullerene interactions, which are of fundamental interest and importance. Up until now, most of the work in this field has been mainly focused on the rare-earth metals and related elements (groups II, III, and IV). The encapsulation of other elements of the periodic table could potentially lead to totally new structures and bonding motifs and to material properties beyond those of the existing EMFs. Actinides were originally explored as encapsulated elements in fullerenes when Smalley et al. ( Science 1992 , 257 , 1661 ) reported mass spectral evidence of actinide endohedral fullerenes back in 1992. However, the full characterization of these actinide endohedral fullerenes, including single crystal X-ray diffractometric analyses, was not reported until very recently, in 2017. In this Account, we highlight some recent advances made in the field of EMF compounds, focusing primarily on the molecular and electronic structures of novel actinide-based EMFs, new evidence for the formation mechanisms of EMFs, and the influence of the entrapped species on the reactivity and regiochemistry of EMF compounds. We recently reported that some monometallic actinide EMFs represent the first examples of tetravalent metals encapsulated inside fullerenes that exhibit considerably stronger host-guest interactions when compared to those observed for the lanthanide EMFs. These unusually strong metal-cage interactions, along with very high mobilities of the actinides inside the fullerene cages at high temperatures, result in the stabilization of unexpected non-IPR (isolated pentagon rule) fullerene cages encapsulating only one metal ion. Strikingly, such covalent stabilization factors had never been previously observed, although Sm@C2v(19138)-C76 was the first reported mono-EMF with a non-IPR cage, see details below. In addition, we showed that a long sought-after actinide-actinide bond was obtained upon encapsulation of U2 inside an Ih(7)-C80 fullerene cage. More interestingly, we demonstrated that actinide multiple bonds, which are very difficult to prepare by conventional synthetic methods, are stabilized when trapped inside fullerene cages. A totally unexpected and previously unreported uranium carbide cluster, U═C═U, was fully characterized inside an EMF, U2C@Ih(7)-C80, which, for the first time, clearly exhibits two unsupported axial U═C double bonds that are ∼2.03 Å long. We also discovered that synthetic bis-porphyrin nanocapsules exhibit exquisitely selective complexation of some of these uranium endohedral compounds, providing the basis for a nonchromatographic EMF purification method for actinide EMFs. Regarding EMF formation mechanisms, we suggested that novel carbide EMF structures, that is, Sc2C2@Cs(hept)-C88, are likely key intermediates in a bottom-up fullerene growth process. Additionally, the structural correlation between chiral carbon cages during a bottom-up growth process was shown to be enantiomer-dependent. The influence of the encapsulated clusters on the chemical reactivity of EMFs is discussed at the end, which showed that the regioselectivities of multiple additions to the fullerene cages are remarkably controlled by the encapsulated metal clusters.
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- Wenting Cai
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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