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Encapsulation of Inorganic NaX in Caged Sodium Alkoxide Clusters X@RONa: Scalable Syntheses, Structural Variations, and Mechanism Elucidation Huanchao Gu (9046165) Zining Zhang (5842250) Dun-Xu Cao (19827527) Zhi Li (72309) Biophysics Space Science Molecular Biology Pharmacology Evolutionary Biology Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified Ecology Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified Developmental Biology Marine Biology Science Policy Virology Computational Biology vacant sodium sites exterior r group 130 ° c using simple naor mechanism elucidation atom hours allowed encapsulation encapsulated anion x heating naor structural variations structural diversity scalable syntheses nonpolar solvent greatly expanded great variety formation mechanism economical synthesis Atom-economical synthesis of dodecameric caged sodium alkoxide clusters encapsulating X anions (X@RONa) using simple NaOR and inorganic NaX as precursors was developed. With finely ground NaX powder, heating NaOR in a nonpolar solvent at 130 °C for a few hours allowed encapsulation of NaX and formation of X@RONa in high yield without much waste. The structural diversity of the encapsulated anion X was greatly expanded to include poor leaving groups such as borohydride, amide, and hydroxide, and the exterior R group was extended to a great variety of alkyls and their hybrids. The formation mechanism of X@RONa was proposed to involve a new deformed fluxional hexamer of RONa, which likely facilitated NaX encapsulation by its vacant sodium sites. 2026-09-30T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6c03844.s001 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Encapsulation_of_Inorganic_NaX_in_Caged_Sodium_Alkoxide_Clusters_X_RONa_Scalable_Syntheses_Structural_Variations_and_Mechanism_Elucidation/34030936 CC BY-NC 4.0