Isolation and Characterization of a Carbene Derivative of La@C<sub>82</sub> Yutaka Maeda Yoichiro Matsunaga Takatsugu Wakahara Satomi Takahashi Takahiro Tsuchiya Midori O. Ishitsuka Tadashi Hasegawa Takeshi Akasaka Michael T. H. Liu Kisato Kokura Ernst Horn Kenji Yoza Tatsuhisa Kato Shingo Okubo Kaoru Kobayashi Shigeru Nagase Kazunori Yamamoto 10.1021/ja0316115.s003 https://acs.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Isolation_and_Characterization_of_a_Carbene_Derivative_of_La_C_sub_82_sub_/3336400 The photochemical reaction of La@C<sub>82</sub> with 2-adamantane-2,3-[3H]-diazirine affords adduct <b>2</b>, La@C<sub>82</sub>(Ad), in a quantitative and highly selective manner. The structure of compound <b>2</b> is confirmed by ESR, MS, and UV−vis−NIR spectroscopies, and the first X-ray crystallographic characterization of an endohedral monometallofullerene derivative is reported. 2004-06-09 00:00:00 UV La compound 2 endohedral monometallofullerene adduct 2 ESR MS