Four oxide clusterfullerenes Ho 2 O@C 90 (I–IV) were prepared by a modified arc discharge method and isolated multistage high performance liquid chromatography procedure. Based on their vis-NIR spectra, the carbon cage symmetries in (I, III, IV) are confirmed to be C (43)-C , (40)-C (41)-C respectively. Electrochemical studies display that first second reduction potentials of isomers close thos...