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Floating Single Hydrogen Molecule in an Open‐Cage Fullerene
Author(s) -
Sawa Hiroshi,
Wakabayashi Yusuke,
Murata Yasujiro,
Murata Michihisa,
Komatsu Koichi
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200462850
Subject(s) - fullerene , molecule , cage , chemistry , crystallography , synchrotron , derivative (finance) , materials science , chemical physics , physics , organic chemistry , optics , mathematics , combinatorics , financial economics , economics
Open‐mouthed fullerene swallows H 2 whole : Direct observation of a H 2 molecule that is fully encapsulated by a derivative of an aza–thia open‐cage fullerene (see model) is achieved by synchrotron X‐ray diffraction analysis of single crystals. A 3D electron‐density map obtained by the maximum entropy method shows a single H 2 molecule (red) floating in the center of a hollow cavity in the open‐cage fullerene molecule (yellow).
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