Trimetallic nitride template

Shu, C., Slebodnick, C., Xu, L. etal. (2008) Highly regioselective derivatization of trimetallic nitride templated endohedral metallofullerenes via a facile photochemical reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130, 17755-17760. 

Campanera, J. M., Bo, C., 8c Poblet, 1. M. (2005). General rule for the stabilization of fullerene cages encapsulating trimetallic nitride templates. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 44(44), 7230-7233. 

Melin, F., Chaur, M.N., Engmann, S. et al. (2007) The large Nd3N C2 (40 < = n < = 49) cluster fullerene family preferential templating of a Cgg cage by a trimetallic nitride cluster. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 46, 9032-9035. 

For the production of cluster fiillerenes, the trimetallic nifride template method is used, which is a modification of the DC arc technique. This technique introduces a reactive gas rather than helium in the production process. The yields of trimetaUic-nitride-containing endohedral fiillerenes can be increased from 2% to a maximiun of 98% using NH3 rather than nitrogen as the reactive gas. The high yields make the extraction process more efficient. 

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