TY - JOUR
T1 - Determination of the cage structure of Sc@C82 by synchrotron powder diffraction
AU - Nishibori, Eiji
AU - Takata, Masaki
AU - Sakata, Makoto
AU - Inakuma, Masayasu
AU - Shinohara, Hisanori
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Dr. N. Sakabe and Dr. N. Watanabe for their experimental help at Photon Factory. We also thank Dr. S. Nagase and Dr. K. Kobayashi for valuable discussions. This work has been supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan, the Advanced Processes Research for the Future Program of JSPS, the TARA Sakabe Project, the Nippon Sheet Glass Foundation for Materials Science and Engineering, the Iketani Science and Technology Foundation and the Sumitomo Foundation.
PY - 1998/12/11
Y1 - 1998/12/11
N2 - The cage structure of Sc@C82 (isomer I) has been determined by a synchrotron radiation powder structural analysis using the maximum entropy method (MEM). From the MEM charge density obtained the cage structure of the endohedral Sc@C82 (I) is experimentally determined to have C2V symmetry. Inside the carbon cage, the Sc atom is located at an off-center position adjacent to a carbon six-membered ring. The nearest Sc-C distance determined from the MEM charge density is 2.53(8) Å. The charge transfer from Sc to C has been estimated to be 2.2e, which is consistent with the ultraviolet photoelectron spectra and theoretical results.
AB - The cage structure of Sc@C82 (isomer I) has been determined by a synchrotron radiation powder structural analysis using the maximum entropy method (MEM). From the MEM charge density obtained the cage structure of the endohedral Sc@C82 (I) is experimentally determined to have C2V symmetry. Inside the carbon cage, the Sc atom is located at an off-center position adjacent to a carbon six-membered ring. The nearest Sc-C distance determined from the MEM charge density is 2.53(8) Å. The charge transfer from Sc to C has been estimated to be 2.2e, which is consistent with the ultraviolet photoelectron spectra and theoretical results.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0009-2614(98)01133-6
DO - 10.1016/S0009-2614(98)01133-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001911910
SN - 0009-2614
VL - 298
SP - 79
EP - 84
JO - Chemical Physics Letters
JF - Chemical Physics Letters
IS - 1-3
ER -