The most stable isomers of giant fullerenes C102 and C104 captured as chlorides, C102(603)Cl18/20 and C104(234)Cl16/18/20/22.
The chlorination of HPLC fractions with pristine giant fullerenes, C102 and C104, followed by X-ray crystallographic study of chlorides, C102(603)Cl18/20 and C104(234)Cl16-22, confirmed the presence of the most stable IPR (IPR = Isolated Pentagon Rule) isomers, C102(603) and C104(234), in the fullerene soot. The discussion concerns the chlorination patterns of polychlorides and relative stability of pristine isomers of C102 and C104 fullerenes.
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion & Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei 230026 (P.R. China), Fax: (+86) 551-63601750. sfyang@ustc.edu.cn.
Shangfeng
S
Yang
Song
S
Wang
Sergey I
SI
Troyanov
C102; C104; chlorination; fullerenes; structure elucidation