Abstract
Detailed study on Sc(2)C(70) series has been performed based on fully screening for C(70) tetra- and hexa- anions. With a combined methodology of quantum chemistry and statistical mechanics, our calculation results reveal that the Sc(2)C(70), which was proposed as the first metal-carbide endohedral metallofullerene with a non-isolated pentagon rule (non-IPR) cage (Sc(2)C(2)@C(68):6073_C(2v)), is in fact a C(70) non-IPR metallofullerene structure (Sc(2)@C(70):7854_C(2v)) with three pair of pentagon adjacency thanks to its significant thermodynamic and kinetic stability. According to the natural bond analysis and orbital interaction diagram, each scandium atom should only transfer two 4s electrons to the carbon cages and the valence state of Sc(2)@C(70) is (Sc(2+))(2)@C(70) (4-). In addition, the simulation of UV-Vis-NIR spectrum for Sc(2)@C(70):7854_C(2v) shows good accordance to the experimental spectrum.
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