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metallo-carbohedrene

metallo-carbohedrene

[mə¦ta·lō ‚kär·bə′hed‚rēn]
(chemistry)
A member of a class of molecular clusters in which atoms of an early transition metal (scandium through nickel in the third period of the periodic table) are bonded with carbon atoms in a cagelike network.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in periodicals archive
The Penn State group calls this type of molecule a metallo-carbohedrene, "met-car" for short.
Scaling chemistry's peaks
Chemists at Pennsylvania State University (University Park) have published a recipe for cooking up batches of a new class of molecules known as metallo-carbohedrenes or Met-Cars - hollow cage-like molecules composed of metal and carbon atoms.
Making met-car molecules in volume
A year ago, chemists at Pennsylvania State University discovered a new class of hollow, cage-like compounds, called metallo-carbohedrenes, or met-cars (SN: 4/18/92, p.250).
Synthesis in soot: the new molecular cages
The widely studied fullerenes consist of nothing but carbon atoms, while the metallo-carbohedrenes (SN: 4/18/92, p.250) mixed in a few titanium atoms to help bend the structure into a puckered ball.
Fullerene-like molecules without carbon
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