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Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 279 - 281, DOI: 10.1039/b918731f

A seven atom cluster in a carbon cage, the crystallographically determined structure of Sc4(3-O)3@Ih-C80

Brandon Q. Mercado, Marilyn M. Olmstead, Christine M. Beavers, Michael L. Easterling, Steven Stevenson, Mary A. Mackey, Curtis E. Coumbe, Joshua D. Phillips, J. Paige Phillips, Josep M. Poblet and Alan L. Balch

The tetrahedral array of four scandium atoms with oxygen atoms capping three of the four faces found in Sc4(3-O)3@Ih-C80 is the largest cluster isolated to date inside a fullerene cage.

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