ISOMERIZATIONS OF THE FULLERENES
The Stone-Wales (pyracylene) rearrangement is a hypothetical mechanism for interconversion of fullerene isomers, accounting for mobility of the pentagons on the surfaces of these clusters. Two versions of the transformation, involving patches of 4 and 12 rings, respectively, can be defined. Energeti...
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1992
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