C(60): Buckminsterfullerene

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Nov 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985natur.318..162k&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 318, Nov. 14, 1985, p. 162, 163. Research supported by the Robert A. Welch Foundation and Army.

Physics

2741

Carbon, Cosmochemistry, Graphite, Laser Target Interactions, Molecular Structure, Argon Lasers, Excimer Lasers, Fluorides, Interstellar Matter, Mass Spectra, Neodymium Lasers, Stellar Envelopes, Yag Lasers

Scientific paper

A novel molecule formed by laser irradiation of graphite is reported. This 60-carbon molecule is remarkably stable, with a structure akin to a truncated icosahedron - a polygon with 60 vertices and 32 faces, 12 of which are pentagons and 12 hexagons. This share is commonly encountered as a football, or American soccer ball. The molecule has all valences satisfied by two single bonds and one double bond, has many resonance structures, and appears to be aromatic. It might give rise to a superstable species which might exist in interstellar space and circumstellar shells.

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