Icosahedral Au72: a predicted chiral and spherically aromatic golden fullerene

Antti J. Karttunen; Mikko Linnolahti; Tapani A. Pakkanen; Pekka Pyykkö

doi:10.1039/B715478J

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Icosahedral Au₇₂: a predicted chiral and spherically aromatic golden fullerene†

Antti J. Karttunen,^a Mikko Linnolahti,*^a Tapani A. Pakkanen^a and Pekka Pyykkö ‡^b

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^a Department of Chemistry, University of Joensuu, P.O. Box 111, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland
E-mail: mikko.linnolahti@joensuu.fi
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^b Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland

Abstract

Quantum chemical calculations demonstrate the spherical aromaticity and high thermodynamic stability of Au₇₂, a predicted I-symmetric golden fullerene.

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Full citation of ref. 30 and BP86/def2-TZVP optimised Cartesian coordinates of the studied gold cages PDF (294K)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B715478J
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 09 Oct 2007
Accepted: 07 Nov 2007
First published: 15 Nov 2007

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Chem. Commun., 2008, 465-467

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Icosahedral Au₇₂: a predicted chiral and spherically aromatic golden fullerene

A. J. Karttunen, M. Linnolahti, T. A. Pakkanen and P. Pyykkö, Chem. Commun., 2008, 465 DOI: 10.1039/B715478J

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