Ammonia addition to Rb3C60 forms compounds Rb3C60(NH3)(x) whose diffra
ction signatures indicate structures all derived from a basic body cen
tred unit cell with a C-60... C-60 distance averaging 10.42(5) Angstro
m. The superconductivity above 10 K of these compounds rapidly decreas
es with x but despite this, there are few changes in the C-60 internal
mode density of states compared to Rb3C60 and quenching of the H-g an
d T-1u modes up to about 80 meV is still strong. The repacking of the
face centred cubic Rb3C60 cell and loss of superconductivity occur at
ammonia compositions as low as about one mole per C-60, resulting in d
isordered or lower symmetry structures. To probe this and the newly in
troduced low frequency excitations, the ammonia sorption potential has
been studied by high resolution neutron inelastic scattering and the
analysis is consistent with a broad range of hindering barriers to rot
ation about the Rb-NH3 threefold axis. In this range of potentials the
distribution of rotational tunnelling excitations peaks at about +/-2
20 mu eV at 4 K. The densities of librational states has been assigned
for both NH3 and ND3 intercalated materials and the threefold hinderi
ng potential parameters for the average site determined.