Volume 49, Issue 51 pp. 9935-9938
Communication

Switchable Open-Cage Fullerene for Water Encapsulation

Qianyan Zhang

Qianyan Zhang

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory for Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100080 (China)

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Dr. Tobias Pankewitz

Dr. Tobias Pankewitz

Abteilung für Theoretische Chemie, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Postfach 6980, 76049 Karlsruhe (Germany)

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Shuming Liu

Shuming Liu

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory for Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100080 (China)

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Prof. Dr. Wim Klopper

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Wim Klopper

Abteilung für Theoretische Chemie, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Postfach 6980, 76049 Karlsruhe (Germany)

Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Postfach 6980, 76049 Karlsruhe (Germany)

Wim Klopper, Abteilung für Theoretische Chemie, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Postfach 6980, 76049 Karlsruhe (Germany)

Liangbing Gan, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory for Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100080 (China)

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Prof. Dr. Liangbing Gan

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Liangbing Gan

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory for Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100080 (China)

Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871 (China)

Wim Klopper, Abteilung für Theoretische Chemie, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Postfach 6980, 76049 Karlsruhe (Germany)

Liangbing Gan, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory for Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100080 (China)

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First published: 16 November 2010
Citations: 78

Financial support was provided by the NNSFC, MOST, and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (CFN subproject C3.3).

Graphical Abstract

A molecular container for a single water molecule was obtained by chemical transformation of a [60]fullerene cage. A phosphate moiety acts as an effective “stopper” in the orifice (see picture).

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