Entrapping a Group-VB Transition Metal, Vanadium, within an Endohedral Metallofullerene: V<sub><i>x</i></sub>Sc<sub>3–<i>x</i></sub>N@<i>I</i><sub><i>h</i></sub>‑C<sub>80</sub> (<i>x</i> = 1, 2) Tao Wei Song Wang Xing Lu Yuanzhi Tan Jing Huang Fupin Liu Qunxiang Li Suyuan Xie Shangfeng Yang 10.1021/jacs.5b10115.s001 https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Entrapping_a_Group_VB_Transition_Metal_Vanadium_within_an_Endohedral_Metallofullerene_V_sub_i_x_i_sub_Sc_sub_3_i_x_i_sub_N_i_I_i_sub_i_h_i_sub_C_sub_80_sub_i_x_i_1_2_/2088979 So far the entrapped metals for the isolated endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs) are primarily limited to rare earth metals, whereas except group-IVB metals, whether it is possible to entrap other d-block transition metals remains unclear. Herein we report the successful entrapment of the group-VB transition metal vanadium­(V) into fullerene cage, affording the heretofore unknown V-containing EMFs. Two novel V-containing EMFsV<sub><i>x</i></sub>Sc<sub>3–<i>x</i></sub>N@C<sub>80</sub> (<i>x</i> = 1, 2)were isolated, and their molecular structures were unambiguously determined by X-ray crystallography to be <i>I</i><sub><i>h</i></sub>(7)-C<sub>80</sub> cage entrapping the planar VSc<sub>2</sub>N/V<sub>2</sub>ScN clusters. V<sub><i>x</i></sub>Sc<sub>3–<i>x</i></sub>N@<i>I</i><sub><i>h</i></sub>(7)-C<sub>80</sub> (<i>x</i> = 1, 2) were further characterized by UV–vis–NIR and ESR spectroscopies and electrochemistry, revealing that the electronic and magnetic properties of V<sub><i>x</i></sub>Sc<sub>3–<i>x</i></sub>N@<i>I</i><sub><i>h</i></sub>(7)-C<sub>80</sub> (<i>x</i> = 1, 2) are tunable upon varying the number of entrapped V atoms (i.e., <i>x</i> value). The molecular structures and electronic properties of V<sub><i>x</i></sub>Sc<sub>3–<i>x</i></sub>N@<i>I</i><sub><i>h</i></sub>(7)-C<sub>80</sub> (<i>x</i> = 1, 2) were further compared with those of the reported analogous EMFs based on lanthanide metals and the adjacent group-IVB transition metal Ti, revealing the peculiarity of the group-VB transition metal V-based EMFs. 2016-01-13 00:00:00 Endohedral Metallofullerene UV VxSc VSc 2N clusters fullerene cage endohedral metallofullerenes earth metals ESR spectroscopies entrapped metals EMF lanthanide metals entrapped V atoms transition