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Lanthanide-lanthanide bonds are exceptionally rare, and dimetallofullerenes provide a unique possibility to stabilize and study these unusual bonding patterns. The presence of metal-metal bonds and consequences thereof for the electronic properties of M 2 @C 82 (M = Sc, Er, Lu) are addressed by electrochemistry, electron paramagnetic resonance, SQUID magnetometry and other spectroscopic techniques. A simplified non-chromatographic separation procedure is developed for the isolation of Er 2 @C 82 (C s (6) and C 3v (8) cage isomers) and Sc 2 @C 82 (C 3v (8) isomer) from fullerene mixtures. Sulfide clusterfullerenes Er 2 S@C 82 with C s (6) and C 3v (8) fullerene cages are synthesized for the first time. The metal-metal bonding orbital of the spd hybrid character in M 2 @C 82 is shown to be the highest occupied molecular orbital, which undergoes reversible single-electron oxidation with a metal-dependent oxidation potential. Sulfide clusterfullerenes with a fullerene-based HOMO have more positive oxidation potentials. The metal-based oxidation of Sc 2 @C 82 -C 3v is confirmed by the EPR spectrum of the cation radical [Sc 2 @C 82 -C 3v ] + generated by chemical oxidation in solution. The spectrum exhibits an exceptionally large a( 45 Sc) hyperfine coupling constant of 199.2 G, indicating a substantial 4s contribution to the metal-metal bonding orbital. The cationic salt [Er 2 @C 82 -C 3v ] + SbCl 6  - is prepared, and its magnetization behavior is compared to that of pristine Er 2 @C 82 -C 3v and Er 2 S@C 82 -C 3v . The formation of the single-electron Er-Er bond in the cation dramatically changes the coupling between magnetic moments of Er ions.

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Confining the spin between two metal atoms within the carbon cage: redox-active metal–metal bonds in dimetallofullerenes and their stable cation radicals