Addition of Carbene to the Equator C-70 To Produce the Most Stable C71H2 Isomer: 2aH-2(12)a-Homo(C-70-D-5h(6))[5,6]fullerene
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION ,Volume: 49 ,Issue: 5, Pages:962-966 Published: 2010
Author: Bao Li, Chunying Shu,* Xin Lu,* Lothar Dunsch, Zhongfang Chen, T. John S. Dennis, Zhiqiang Shi, Li Jiang, Taishan Wang, Wei Xu, and Chunru Wang*
Abstract：At long last, the elusive thermodynamically most stable isomer of C71H2 (see structure) has been synthesized through the addition of CH2 across an equatorial bond of C70: a site at which such a reaction is not kinetically favorable. Theoretical studies revealed that the pyrogenic synthetic method used enables reactants to overcome the higher activation barrier to equatorial addition.
