title: C72Cl4: a pristine fullerene with favorable pentagon-adjacent structure.
abstract: A long-sought empty non-IPR fullerene, (#11188)C72, which is more stable than the sole IPR isomer in the fullerene[72] family, has been retrieved and crystallographically characterized as (#11188)C72Cl4. Mass spectrometric data support the facile dechlorination of (#11188)C72Cl4 and, in turn, the possible stability of pristine (#11188)C72.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
authors.forename: Yuan-Zhi
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: Gui-Juan
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.forename: Su-Yuan
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Rong-Bin
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Lan-Sun
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Zheng