C240 — The most chemically inert fullerene?

doi:10.1016/S0009-2614(97)00497-1

Chemical Physics Letters

Volume 272, Issues 1–2, 20 June 1997, Pages 38-42

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Abstract

The reactivity of the fullerenes is primarily a function of their strain, as measured by the pyramidalization angle or curvature of the conjugated carbon atoms. The development of faceting in the structure of large icosahedral fullerenes leads to a minimum in the value of the maximum fullerene pyramidalization angle that lies in the vicinity of C₂₄₀. On this basis it is argued that C₂₄₀ will be the most chemically inert fullerene. This observation explains the production of [10,10] single-walled nanotubes because a C₂₄₀ hemisphere is required for the nucleation of such tubes.

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Chemical Physics Letters

C240 — The most chemically inert fullerene?

Abstract

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Phys. Rev. B

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J. Am. Chem. Soc.

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C₂₄₀ — The most chemically inert fullerene?