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Saturnene Revealed: X‐ray Crystal Structure of D 5 d ‐C 60 F 20 Formed in Reactions of C 60 with A x MF y Fluorinating Agents (A=Alkali Metal; M=3d Metal)
Author(s) -
Shustova Natalia B.,
Mazej Zoran,
Chen YuSheng,
Popov Alexey A.,
Strauss Steven H.,
Boltalina Olga V.
Publication year - 2010
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.200905832
Subject(s) - crystallography , alkali metal , molecule , metal , chemistry , ternary operation , crystal structure , benzene , materials science , organic chemistry , computer science , programming language
Saturnene has four moons : Reactions of C 60 with ternary metal fluorides yielded fluorofullerenes from C 60 F 2 to C 60 F 48 , including elusive saturnene, C 60 F 20 , which has now been characterized by X‐ray crystallography. Four benzene molecules “hover” over this D 5 d molecule at the corners of a square inscribed in the idealized body‐centered‐cubic unit cell (see structure; F yellow). The tight unit‐cell packing explains the very low solubility of saturnene.