Unravelling the structure of the C60 and p-But-calix[8]arene complex

Xianjue Chen; Ramiz A. Boulos; Ashley D. Slattery; Jerry L. Atwood; Colin L. Raston

doi:10.1039/C5CC03941J

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Unravelling the structure of the C₆₀ and p-Bu^t-calix[8]arene complex

Xianjue Chen,^a Ramiz A. Boulos,^a Ashley D. Slattery,^a Jerry L. Atwood^b and Colin L. Raston*^a

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^a Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA 5042, Australia
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^b Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 601 South College Avenue, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA

Abstract

The structure of the C₆₀ and p-Bu^t-calix[8]arene complex has been reinvestigated, showing an unprecedented continuous layered tetragonal array of fullerenes encapsulated by calixarenes. Electron diffraction data revealed the tetragonal symmetry, with a stepped structure observed by AFM and SEM, and the thickness of the basal plane was measured by XRD, as 2 nm. The molecular simulated arrangement of fullerenes accounts for the ability to take up to ca. 11% of fullerenes C₇₀ in place of the smaller fullerene.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC03941J
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 12 May 2015
Accepted: 11 Jun 2015
First published: 11 Jun 2015
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Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 11413-11416

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X. Chen, R. A. Boulos, A. D. Slattery, J. L. Atwood and C. L. Raston, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 11413 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC03941J

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Unravelling the structure of the C₆₀ and p-Bu^t-calix[8]arene complex

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