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Endohedral Fullerenes: Electron Transfer and Spin pp 1–34Cite as

Synthesis and Molecular Structures of Endohedral Fullerenes

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The chapter gives an introduction into the field of endohedral fullerenes and describes development in the synthesis and molecular structure determination of these compounds. An overview of elements capable of being encapsulated within the fullerene cage is given. Different types of endohedral metallofullerenes and clusterfullerenes as well as peculiarities in the carbon cage isomerism caused by encapsulated species are discussed.

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Popov, A.A. (2017). Synthesis and Molecular Structures of Endohedral Fullerenes. In: Popov, A. (eds) Endohedral Fullerenes: Electron Transfer and Spin. Nanostructure Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47049-8_1

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