Generation of Sodium Halide Endohedral Metallofullerenes in the Gas Phase.

CONCLUSIONS: Ionic bond encapsulated EMF ions of NaX@C+ 2n (X= Cl, Br and I, 110≤2n≤244) were generated by laser ablation of the mixture of graphene and sodium halides, but no species containing lithium or potassium were observed. This work opens the possibilities of using laser ablation for the synthesis of large-sized salt encaged EMFs. Further study of the mechanism for these processes is important for the generation of the missing species. PMID: 32396673 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry : RCM - Category: Chemistry Authors: Tags: Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom Source Type: research