Fullerenes without symmetry: crystallographic characterization of C1(30)-C90 and C1(32)-C90

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Feb 21;47(7):2068-70. doi: 10.1039/c0cc03017a. Epub 2010 Dec 7.

Abstract

Fullerenes are generally considered as highly symmetric, yet fullerene isomers with only C(1) symmetry, such as C(1)(30)-C(90) and C(1)(32)-C(90) whose structures are reported here, become increasingly numerous as fullerene size increases.