Hemibuckminsterfullerene C₃₀H₁₂: X‐ray Crystal Structures of the Parent Hydrocarbon and of the Two‐Dimensional Organometallic Network {[Rh₂(O₂CCF₃)₄]₃⋅(C₃₀H₁₂)}

Abstract

Bringing together two C30 hemispheres by coordinating their concave faces to a monometal template or metal cluster represents the first step in an appealing strategy for the controlled synthesis of endohedral fullerene complexes by laboratory methods. A crystalline transition metal complex of this structural type (see picture; Rh blue, O red, C gray; H, F omitted) has now been prepared from hemibuckminsterfullerene C30H12 and [Rh2(O2CCF3)4].