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(Invited) Uranium-Based Endohedral Fullerenes: Mono-, Di-Metallic and Cluster Compounds

Wednesday, 16 May 2018: 08:00
Room 204 (Washington State Convention Center)
L. Echegoyen (The University of Texas at El Paso), N. Chen (Soochow University), S. Fortier (University of Texas at El Paso), W. Cai (The University of Texas at El Paso), J. Murillo (Univ. of Texas at El Paso), and M. Gomez (University of Texas at El Paso)
After our recent successful synthesis, isolation and complete characterization, including single crystal X-Ray diffraction, of 3 mono-metallic uranium endohedrals (U@D3h-C74, U@C2(5)-C82, and U@C2V(9)-C82) has led us to continue exploring new U-based endohedral compounds. At the time this abstract is being written a total of 37 compounds have been detected: U@C2n (2n=74, 80, 82, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 98, 100, 102, 104; U2@C2n (2n=72, 78, 80); U2O@C2n (2n=72, 74, 76, 78, 80); U2N@C2n (2n=72, 74, 76, 78, 80); U2S@C2n (2n=74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86); U2C@C2n (2n=72, 78, 80); and USc2C@C80 and USc2N@C80. We have isolated several of these compounds, such as U@C76, U@C84, U@C86, U2O@C80 as well as others and their structures and bonding are being studied. An update of what we learn from these will be presented and discussed.