Title: Post-Doctorate
B.S: Xi'an Shiyou University (China)

Ph.D: Huzhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) (China)

Nationality: Chinese
Contact Info: wcai@utep.edu

Project Title: Synthesis and characterizations of U endohedral metallofullerenes.

Project Description: Synthesis, separation and single-crystal X-ray diffraction crystallographic characterizations of U endohedral metallofullerenes. Chemical functionalization of actinide metallofullerenes.

Publications:

1.  Xie Y. P., Suzuki M., Cai W. T. and Lu X., “Highly regioselective addition of adamantylidene carbine to Yb@C_2v(3)-C₈₀ to afford the first derivative of divalent metallofullerenes,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Edition in English, 52(19), 5142–5145, 2013.

2. Zhang W. J., Suzuki M., Xie Y. P., Bao L. P., Cai W. T., Slanina Z., Nagase S., Xu M., Akasaka T. and Lu X., “Molecular structure and chemical property of a divalent metallofullerene Yb@C₂(13)-C₈₄,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135(34), 12730–12735, 2013.

3.  Liu B., Cong H. L., Li X. F., Yu B., Bao L. P., Cai W. T., Xie Y. P. and Lu X., “Highly regioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of diphenylnitrilimine to Sc₃N@I_h-C₈₀ affording a very stable, unprecedented pyrazole-ring fused derivative of endohedral metallofullerenes,” Chem. Commun., 50(84), 12710–12713, 2014.

4.  Cai W. T., Chen M. Q., Bao L. P., Xie Y. P., Akasaka T. and Lu X., “In-depth understanding of the chemical properties of rarely explored carbide cluster metallofullerenes: a case study of Sc₂C₂@C_3v(8)-C₈₂ revealing a general rule,” Chem. Eur. J., 21(8), 3449–3454, 2015.

5. Cai W. T., Bao L. P., Zhao S. S., Xie Y. P., Akasaka T. and Lu X., “Anomalous compression of D₅(450)-C₁₀₀ by encapsulation La₂C₂ cluster instead of La₂,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137(32), 10292-10296, 2015.

6. Cai W. T., Li F. F., Bao L. P., Xie Y. P and Lu X, "Isolation and crystallographic characterization of La2C2@Cs(574)-C102 and La2C2@C2(816)-C104: evidence for the top-down formation mechanism of fullerenes." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138(20), 6670-6675, 2016. 

7. Zhao S. S., Zhao P., Cai W. T., Bao L. P., Chen M. Q., Xie Y. P., Zhao X. and Lu X. "Stabilization of giant fullerenes C2(41)-C90, D3(85)-C92, C1(132)-C94, C2(157)-C96 and C1(175)-C98 by encapsulation of a large La2C2 cluster: the importance of cluster-cage matching," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 139(13), 4724-4728, 2017.

8. Cai W. T., Murillo J. and Echegoyen L, "Ehdohedral clusterfullerenes: a perspective," ECS J. Solid State Sci. Technol.,  6(6), M3031-M3034, 2017.

9. Cai W. T., Morales-Martínez R., Zhang X. X. and Echegoyen L.,  "Single crystal structures and theoretical calculations of uranium endohedral metallofullerenes (U@C2n, 2n=74, 82) show cage isomer dependent oxidation states for U.," Chem. Sci., 8, 5282-5290, 2017.