Fullerenes

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Buckminsterfullerene is a type of fullerene with the formula . It has a cage-like fused-ring structure (truncated icosahedron) made of twenty hexagons and twelve pentagons, and resembles a football. Each of its 60 carbon atoms is bonded to its three neighbors.

chemistry of carbon's allotrope fullerene

class of chemical compounds

molecule of carbon consisting of 70 atoms

chemical compound

Chemical reaction

thumb|° borospherene Borospherene (B40) is an electron-deficient cluster molecule containing 40 boron atoms. It bears similarities to other homoatomic cluster structures such as buckminsterfullerene (C60), stannaspherene, and plumbaspherene, but with a different symmetry. The first experimental evidence for borospherene was reported in July 2014, and is described in the journal Nature Chemistry. The molecule includes unusual hexagonal and heptagonal faces. Despite many calculation-based investigations into its structure and properties, a viable route for the synthesis and isolation of borosphe

near-miss Johnson solid with 16 faces

goldberg polyhedron with 42 faces