An entrant of smaller fullerene: C56 captured by chlorines and aligned in linear chains.

Authors :: Tan YZ
Han X
Wu X
Meng YY
Zhu F
Qian ZZ
Liao ZJ
Chen MH
Lu X
Xie SY
Huang RB
Zheng LS
Source :: Journal of the American Chemical Society [J Am Chem Soc] 2008 Nov 19; Vol. 130 (46), pp. 15240-1. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Oct 29.
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: A smaller fullerene C56 (#913) is stabilized, isolated, and crystallographically characterized as C56Cl10. The geometric parameters of C56Cl10 imply the otherwise unstable cage of C56 can be stabilized by chlorination through releasing its surface strains and maintaining fragmental aromaticity. An unexpected C Cl...ClC short contact, as well as the linear alignment with pearl-necklace-shaped, is revealed in C56Cl10 crystal.

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