DOI: 10.1039/A807018K
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Reference Section for: J. Chem. Res. (S), 1999, 52-53
Resonance Stabilization Study of Some Fullerenes Cn(20⩽n⩽88): Is n=32 a ‘Magic’ Number?
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Mansour Zahedi and Mohammed Al-Kobaisi (Latif)
Abstract
A π-orbital axis vector (POAV) analysis used in Hückel molecular orbital approximation calculations indicates that the cutoff in the fullerene mass spectrum at Cn (n=32) must naturally occur with no need to define a ‘magic’ number.
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