Russian-Doll-Type Metal Carbide Endofullerene: Synthesis, Isolation, and Characterization of Sc4C2@C-80

Wang TS; Chen N; Xiang JF; Li B; Wu JY; Xu W; Jiang L; Tan K; Shu CY; Lu X; Wang CR

Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.131, No.46, 16646-16646, 2009

Wang TS, Chen N, Xiang JF, Li B, Wu JY, Xu W, Jiang L, Tan K, Shu CY, Lu X, Wang CR

For the first time, we have produced the stable compound Sc4C2@C-80-I-h and characterized it as a metal carbide endofullerene by FTIR and Raman spectroscopies in combination with DFT calculations. Furthermore, DFT calculations have demonstrated that this molecule has a Russian-doll-type structure, C-2@Sc-4@C-80.