A Distorted Tetrahedral Metal Oxide Cluster Inside an Icosahedral Carbon Cage. Synthesis, Isolation, and Structural Characterization of Sc₄(μ₃-O)₂@I_h-C₈₀

Authors

Steven Stevenson, University of Southern Mississippi
Mary A. Mackey, University of Southern Mississippi
Melissa A. Stuart, University of Southern Mississippi
J. Paige Phillips Buchanan, University of Southern MississippiFollow
Michael L. Easterling, Bruker Daltonics
Christopher J. Chancellor, University of California, Davis
Marilyn M. Olmstead, University of California, Davis
Alan L. Balch, University of California, Davis

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-10-2008

Department

Chemistry and Biochemistry

School

Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Abstract

The remarkably large cluster Sc₄(μ₃-O)₂ has been obtained trapped inside an I_h-C₈₀ cage by conducting the vaporization of graphite rods doped with copper(II) nitrate and scandium(III) oxide in an electric arc under a low pressure helium atmosphere with an added flow of air. The product has been isolated by chromatography and identified by high-resolution mass spectrometry. The structure of Sc₄(μ₃-O)₂@I_h-C₈₀ has been determined by X-ray crystallography on a crystal of Sc₄(μ₃-O)₂@I_h-C₈₀·Ni^II(OEP)·2(C₆H₆). The Sc₄(μ₃-O)₂ unit consists of a distorted tetrahedron of scandium atoms with oxygen atoms bridging two of its faces. The Sc−Sc distances range from 2.946(7) to 3.379(7) Å.

Publication Title

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volume

130

Issue

36

First Page

11844

Last Page

11845

Recommended Citation

Stevenson, S., Mackey, M., Stuart, M., Buchanan, J. P., Easterling, M. L., Chancellor, C. J., Olmstead, M. M., Balch, A. L. (2008). A Distorted Tetrahedral Metal Oxide Cluster Inside an Icosahedral Carbon Cage. Synthesis, Isolation, and Structural Characterization of Sc₄(μ₃-O)₂@I_h-C₈₀. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130(36), 11844-11845.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/8943