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A seven atom cluster in a carbon cage, the crystallographically determined structure of Sc<sub>4</sub>(μ<sub>3</sub>-O)<sub>3</sub>@I<sub>h</sub>-C<sub>80</sub>

Brandon Q. Mercado, Marilyn M. Olmstead, Christine M. Beavers, Michael L. Easterling, Steven Stevenson, Mary A. Mackey, Curtis Coumbe, Joshua D. Phillips, J. Paige Phillips, Josep M. Poblet,

Chemical Communications · 2009 · 122 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

The tetrahedral array of four scandium atoms with oxygen atoms capping three of the four faces found in Sc(4)(mu(3)-O)(3)@I(h)-C(80) is the largest cluster isolated to date inside a fullerene cage.

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