Cover Feature: Octapalladium Strings Trap C60 and C70 Fullerenes Affording Metal‐Chain‐Wired Bucky Balls (Chem. Eur. J. 51/2021). Issue 51 (20th August 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tanase, Tomoaki; Nakamae, Kanako; Kitagawa, Yasutaka; Nakajima, Takayuki
• Is Part Of: Chemistry. Volume 27:Issue 51(2021)
• Page Start: 12918
• Page End: 12918
• Publication Date: 2021-08-20
• Subjects: chiral fullerenes -- extended metal atom chains -- metallofullerenes -- palladium strings -- tetraphosphine; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/chem.202102907
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0947-6539

Abstract

Abstract : The cover picture shows octapalladium metal strings catching a soccer ball of C60 or C70 fullerene in the central Pd–Pd junction to give metal‐chain‐wired bucky balls. The enantiopure chiral Pd8 strings also afforded the chiral bucky balls through dimensionally and chirality controlled self‐assembly. These findings could provide a new platform for developing functional metal‐carbon nanocomposite materials, including nano‐electronics with unusual properties derived from the combination of redox active fullerenes and metal chains. More information can be found in the Communication by T. Tanase et al. (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202102020 ).