title: C2 C70F38 is aromatic, contains three planar hexagons, and has equatorial addends.
abstract: Single crystal X-ray analysis shows the main (C(2)) isomer of C(70)F(38) to contain three planar delocalised aromatic hexagons (two equivalent and one centred on the C(2) axis), together with seven C[double bond, length as m-dash]C bonds (three pairs and one straddling the C(2) axis); C(70)F(38) is the first high addition level [70]fullerene derivative to be fully characterised, is the first to have equatorial addends, and is calculated to have high stability.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK BN1 9QJ.
authors.forename: Peter B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Hitchcock
authors.forename: Anthony G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Avent
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Martsinovich
authors.forename: Pavel A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Troshin
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Taylor