Structure of Endohedral Metallofullerene
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Lanthanum (La)
The first metal atom included in fullerene cage was Lanthanum (La).
La@C82 :Y. Chai, T. Guo, C. M. Jin, R. E. Haufler, L. P. F. Chibante, J. Fure, L. Wang, J. M. Alford and R. E. Smalley, J. Phys. Chem. 95 (1991) 7564.
La2@C80
Ih Symmetry
'Pair of Lanthanum atoms are rotating'
K.Kobayashi, S.Nagase, T.Akasaka, Chem. Phys. Lett. vol.245 (1995) 230-236
Scandium (Sc)
Sc@C82
C2v Symmetry
K.Kobayashi, S. Nagase, Chem. Phys. Lett. vol. 282 (1998) 325-329
Sc2@C84
D2d Symmetry #23
S.Nagase, K.Kobayashi, Chem. Phys. Lett. vol.231 (1994) 319-324
Sc2@C84
Cs Symmetry #10
S.Nagase, K.Kobayashi, Chem. Phys. Lett. vol.276 (1997) 55-61
Coordinate data are from
Dr. Kaoru Kobayashi (kaoru@SNL70.chem.metro-u.ac.jp)
Nagase Lab.(Theoretical Chemistry)
Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Contact: maruyama [at] photon.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp