Wakahara Takatsugu, Nikawa Hidefumi, Kikuchi Takashi, Nakahodo Tsukasa, Rahman G M Aminur, Tsuchiya Takahiro, Maeda Yutaka, Akasaka Takeshi, Yoza Kenji, Horn Ernst, Yamamoto Kazunori, Mizorogi Naomi, Slanina Zdenek, Nagase Shigeru
Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan.
J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Nov 8;128(44):14228-9. doi: 10.1021/ja064751y.
We show here that La@C72 has a non-IPR cage, unique electronic properties, and high reactivity by the spectroscopic and X-ray crystallographic analysis and the theoretical study. The isolation of La@C72 as a stable derivative might constitute an important stepping-stone on the way to isolation of these unknown metallofullerenes and open new material science of metallofullerenes.
