METALLOCARBOHEDRENES AS A CLASS OF STABLE NEUTRAL CLUSTERS - FORMATION MECHANISM OF M8C12 (M = TI AND V)

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作者
WEI, S [1 ]
GUO, BC [1 ]
PURNELL, J [1 ]
BUZZA, S [1 ]
CASTLEMAN, AW [1 ]
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[1] PENN STATE UNIV,DEPT CHEM,UNIV PK,PA 16802
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10.1021/j100190a014
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Evidence for the existence of metallocarbohedrenes [M8C12 (M = Ti and V)] as a general class of stable neutral molecular clusters is reported. Studies of the formation and growth of metal-carbon clusters M(m)C(n) reveal the general mechanisms responsible for the formation of the prominent cagelike structure, M8C12, using a laser-based time-of-flight mass spectrometer. Investigation of the effect of the ionizing laser fluence over at least 4 orders of magnitude and studies at 1064, 532, 355, and 266 nm establish that the prominence of the M8C12 cluster arises due to its presence as a neutral rather than as the photofragment of clusters of large size. The unusual stability of this species for both Ti and V is consistent with the proposed cagelike structure being a pentagonal dodecahedron (point group symmetry T(h)).
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