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Abstract: In addition to the traditional Krätschmer–Huffman graphite arc-discharge method, a combustion method has been developed to synthesize fullerenes that defy the isolated pentagon rule (IPR). The C 3 v -symmetric , as well as other non-IPR fullerenes such as the possible non-IPR C60 isomer, have been synthesized as fullerene hydrides in a low-pressure benzene/oxygen diffusion flame. The non-IPR structure of the chromatographically isolated C64 species was unambiguously identified by its HPLC retention time, UV absorption and mass spectrum by comparison with the reference material . The synthesis, isolation and identification of , as described in this work, show that this combustion method is successful, is energy efficient and is a promising candidate for the macroscopic synthesis of non-IPR fullerenes. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The hydrofullerene C(50)H(10) is synthesized by low-pressure benzene-oxygen diffusion combustion. The structure of C(50)H(10) is identified through NMR, mass spectrometry, and IR and Raman spectroscopy as a D(5h) symmetric closed-cage molecule with five pairs of fused pentagons stabilized by ten hydrogen atoms. UV/Vis and fluorescence spectrometric analyses disclose its optical properties as comparable with those of its chloride cousin (C(50)Cl(10)). Cyclic and square-wave voltammograms reveal that the first reduction potential of C(50)H(10) is more negative than that of C(50)Cl(10) as well as C(60), with implications for the utilization of C(50)H(10) as a promising electron acceptor for photovoltaic applications., (Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.)

In the title compound, C(15)H(8)O, the asymmetric unit contains four independent mol-ecules and crystallizes with aromatic π-π stacking inter-actions[centroid-centroid distances = 3.5326 (18) Å].