Crystal Structure of Osmylated C60: Confirmation of the Soccer Ball Framework
Abstract
An x-ray crystal structure that confirms the soccer ball-shaped carbon framework of C60 (buckminsterfullerene) is reported. An osmyl unit was added to C_60 in order to break its pseudospherical symmetry and give an ordered crystal. The crystal structure of this derivative, C60(OsO_4)(4-tert-butylpyridine)_2, reveals atomic positions within the carbon cluster.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- April 1991
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.252.5003.312
- Bibcode:
- 1991Sci...252..312H