Chemical reactivity of sc3n @ c80 and la2 @ c80

Yuko Iiduka; Ozora Ikenaga; Akihiro Sakuraba; Takatsugu Wakahara; Takahiro Tsuchiya; Yutaka Maeda; Tsukasa Nakahodo; Takeshi Akasaka; Masahiro Kako; Naomi Mizorogi; Shigeru Nagase

doi:10.1021/ja052534b

Chemical reactivity of sc3n @ c80 and la2 @ c80

J Am Chem Soc. 2005 Jul 20;127(28):9956-7. doi: 10.1021/ja052534b.

Authors

Yuko Iiduka¹, Ozora Ikenaga, Akihiro Sakuraba, Takatsugu Wakahara, Takahiro Tsuchiya, Yutaka Maeda, Tsukasa Nakahodo, Takeshi Akasaka, Masahiro Kako, Naomi Mizorogi, Shigeru Nagase

Affiliation

¹ Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan.

PMID: 16011332
DOI: 10.1021/ja052534b

Abstract

Sc3N@C80 has a lower thermal reactivity than La2@C80, although Sc3N@C80 has the same carbon cage (Ih) and oxidation state (C806-) as La2@C80. This result is attributed to the difference in the energy level and distribution of LUMO between Sc3N@C80 and La2@C80.