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Combining supramolecular chemistry with spin
chemistry superdupermolecular chemistry!
(1) Using spin to investigate how the H2 inside
H2_at_C60 communicates with molecules in the outside
world.
(2) Using spin to drive a chemical transformation
inside a fullerene inter-conversion of the two
hydrogen allotropes inside C60
(3) Using spin to investigate the deactivation of
1O2 by the hydrogen inside ofH2_at_C60
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"for the creation of quantum mechanics, the
application of which has, inter alia, led to the
discovery of the allotropic forms of H2
In 1928 Heisenberg and Hund both made an
extraordinary claim according to quantum
mechanics, ordinary molecular hydrogen, H2, was
predicted to be exist as allotropes two nuclear
spin isomers.
What are the allotropes of H2?
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Ortho H2 and Para H2
Two stable and distinct spin isomers!
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An Extraordinary Claim Carbon can exist in an
elemental form that has a structure reminiscent
to a soccer ball.
The first evidence for the special stability of
C60
Discovery of C60 Buckyballs Pathological
Science or Revolutionary Science?
Would you have predicted a Nobel Prize?
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The tail end of a truly remarkable synthesis!
Murata, Y. Murata, M. Komatsu, K. J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 2003, 125, 7152.
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Electronic states of molecular oxygen a ground
state triplet and two low lying singlet states