ELECTRON DEFICIENCY OF THE FULLERENES

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作者
FOWLER, PW [1 ]
CEULEMANS, A [1 ]
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[1] CATHOLIC UNIV LEUVEN,DEPT CHEM,B-3001 HEVERLEE,BELGIUM
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10.1021/j100002a010
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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In spite of their extensive conjugation, fullerenes behave chemically and physically as electron-deficient alkenes rather than electron-rich aromatic systems. A qualitative molecular-orbital treatment and group-theoretical analysis accounts for this by showing that C-60 and all other closed-shell fullerenes C-n (n = 60 + 6k (k not equal 1)) of the infinite leapfrog class have six low-lying empty orbitals matching the translational and rotational symmetries. Six acceptor levels are also found for the other main class of closed shells, C-70 and the carbon cylinders C-n (n = 70 + 30k, n = 84 + 36k, all k).
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