Fine tuning of the orifice size of an open-cage fullerene by placing selenium in the rim: insertion/release of molecular hydrogen

Shih-Ching Chuang; Yasujiro Murata; Michihisa Murata; Sadayuki Mori; Shuhei Maeda; Fumiyuki Tanabe; Koichi Komatsu

doi:10.1039/b616478a

Fine tuning of the orifice size of an open-cage fullerene by placing selenium in the rim: insertion/release of molecular hydrogen

Chem Commun (Camb). 2007 Mar 28:(12):1278-80. doi: 10.1039/b616478a. Epub 2007 Jan 16.

Authors

Shih-Ching Chuang¹, Yasujiro Murata, Michihisa Murata, Sadayuki Mori, Shuhei Maeda, Fumiyuki Tanabe, Koichi Komatsu

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan.

PMID: 17356782
DOI: 10.1039/b616478a

Abstract

A newly synthesized open-cage fullerene containing selenium in the rim of the 13-membered-ring orifice allows milder conditions for hydrogen insertion, and the rate for hydrogen release is ca. three times faster than its sulfur analogue.