Thursday, 17 May 2018: 09:00
Room 204 (Washington State Convention Center)
After our recent successful synthesis of the mono-uranium EMF species U@D3h-C74, U@C2(5)-C82, U@C2v(9)-C82, and U@C1(11)-C86 when using the gasses O2, SO2, and CO2 have been studied, the role of nitrogen source in accelerating the generation of mono-uranium EMFs possessing non-IPR cages will be discussed. Different nitrogen sources (such as N2 or NH3) have been used to produce these species (Figure 1). Besides the IPR species, the most abundant non-IPR species produced by N2 was U@C80, followed by U@C76. In addition, mono-uranium EMF U@C94 was obtained with the help of NH3 as well as U2N@C78. The extremely short retention time of U@C94 on Buckeyprep column indicates the possibility of a non-IPR C94 cage. The detailed synthesis, separation and structure characterizations will be presented and discussed.