Novel water-solu
ble trimetallic nitride endohedral metallofullerols, Sc
b>3b>N·C
b>80b>(OH)
b>border=0 SRC=/images/glyphs/BQ1.GIF>10b>(O)
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been synthesized from polyanionic radical intermediates. These metallofullerols were characterized using a variety of methods, although small quantities of material hamper the a
bility to fully characterize. Metallofullerols containing paramagnetic metal atoms could one day
be used as MRI contrasting agents.