title: Discovery of C(60)O(3) isomer having C(3)(nu) symmetry.
abstract: A hitherto undetected type of C(60)O(3) isomer was found in the reaction solution of C(60) with m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid by means of a chromatographic technique using two different columns. Both electronic spectroscopy and atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) mass-spectroscopy examinations show its C(3)(nu) symmetry, in which three oxygen atoms are added onto one benzenoid ring of C(60).
authors.affiliation: Nanomaterial Processing Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan. tajima@postman.riken.go.jp
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tajima
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeuchi