Cover Feature: Construction of a 21‐Membered‐Ring Orifice on [60]Fullerene (ChemPlusChem 9/2023)

The cover feature image shows a self-inclusion of a rim-substituent into an open-[60]fullerene cavity by elevating the temperature. This event is associated with the release of an argon atom which was initially encapsulated during a reaction under inert atmosphere. The huge orifice with a ring-atom count of 21 was also found to facilitate encapsulation of a large molecule such as methanol. More information can be found in the Research Article by Yasujiro Murata and co-workers.

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