Fullerenes without symmetry: crystallographic characterization of C1(30)–C90 and C1(32)–C90

Hua Yang; Brandon Q. Mercado; Hongxiao Jin; Zhimin Wang; An Jiang; Ziyang Liu; Christine M. Beavers; Marilyn M. Olmstead; Alan L. Balch

doi:10.1039/C0CC03017A

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Fullerenes without symmetry: crystallographic characterization of C₁(30)–C₉₀ and C₁(32)–C₉₀†‡

Hua Yang,^a Brandon Q. Mercado,^b Hongxiao Jin,^a Zhimin Wang,^a An Jiang,^a Ziyang Liu,*^a Christine M. Beavers,^c Marilyn M. Olmstead*^b and Alan L. Balch*^b

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Abstract

Fullerenes are generally considered as highly symmetric, yet fullerene isomers with only C₁ symmetry, such as C₁(30)–C₉₀ and C₁(32)–C₉₀ whose structures are reported here, become increasingly numerous as fullerene size increases.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC03017A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 04 aug 2010
Accepted: 15 nov 2010
First published: 07 dec 2010

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Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 2068-2070

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Fullerenes without symmetry: crystallographic characterization of C₁(30)–C₉₀ and C₁(32)–C₉₀

H. Yang, B. Q. Mercado, H. Jin, Z. Wang, A. Jiang, Z. Liu, C. M. Beavers, M. M. Olmstead and A. L. Balch, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 2068 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03017A

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