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Science
; 256(5056): 515-6, 1992 Apr 24.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17787948
ABSTRACT
Findings of magic peaks corresponding to M(8)C(12)(+) (M = V, Zr, and Hf) formed from reactions of the respective metals with various small hydrocarbons, in conjunction with recent findings for the titanium system, establish metallo-carbohedrenes as a stable general class of molecular cluster ions. A dodecahedral structure of T(h) point symmetry accounts for the stability of these ionic clusters.