The influence of cage size on the reactivity of trimetallic nitride metallofullerenes: a mono- and bis-methanoadduct of Gd3N@C80 and a monoadduct of Gd3N@C84

Manuel N Chaur; Frederic Melin; Andreas J Athans; Bevan Elliott; Kenneth Walker; Brian C Holloway; Luis Echegoyen

doi:10.1039/b804847a

The influence of cage size on the reactivity of trimetallic nitride metallofullerenes: a mono- and bis-methanoadduct of Gd3N@C80 and a monoadduct of Gd3N@C84

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Jun 21:(23):2665-7. doi: 10.1039/b804847a. Epub 2008 May 9.

Authors

Manuel N Chaur¹, Frederic Melin, Andreas J Athans, Bevan Elliott, Kenneth Walker, Brian C Holloway, Luis Echegoyen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.

PMID: 18535701
DOI: 10.1039/b804847a

Abstract

A reactivity study of the higher TNT EMFs of gadolinium is reported here showing that the reactivity substantially decreases when the fullerene cage gets larger.