Skeletal Rearrangements of the C240 Fullerene: Efficient Topological Descriptors for Monitoring Stone–Wales Transformations

Autor: Denis Sh. Sabirov, Ottorino Ori
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Mathematics, Vol 8, Iss 6, p 968 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2227-7390
DOI: 10.3390/math8060968
Popis: Stone–Wales rearrangements of the fullerene surface are an uncharted field in theoretical chemistry. Here, we study them on the example of the giant icosahedral fullerene C240 to demonstrate the complex chemical mechanisms emerging on its carbon skeleton. The Stone–Wales transformations of C240 can produce the defected isomers containing heptagons, extra pentagons and other unordinary rings. Their formations have been described in terms of (i) quantum-chemically calculated energetic, molecular, and geometric parameters; and (ii) topological indices. We have found the correlations between the quantities from the two sets that point out the role of long-range topological defects in governing the formation and the chemical reactivity of fullerene molecules.
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