Buckminsterfullerene

• Formula: C₆₀
• Molecular weight: 720.6420
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C60/c1-2-5-6-3(1)8-12-10-4(1)9-11-7(2)17-21-13(5)23-24-14(6)22-18(8)28-20(12)30-26-16(10)15(9)25-29-19(11)27(17)37-41-31(21)33(23)43-44-34(24)32(22)42-38(28)48-40(30)46-36(26)35(25)45-39(29)47(37)55-49(41)51(43)57-52(44)50(42)56(48)59-54(46)53(45)58(55)60(57)59 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: XMWRBQBLMFGWIX-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 99685-96-8
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Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions (nominally 298.15 K, 1 atm.)

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

References

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Kolesov, Pimenova, et al., 1996
Kolesov, V.P.; Pimenova, S.M.; Pavlovich, V.K.; Tamm, N.B.; Kurskaya, A.A., Enthalpies of combustion and formation of fullerene C₆₀, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1996, 28, 1121-1125. [all data]

Steele, Chirico, et al., 1992
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Smith, N.K.; Billups, W.E.; Elmore, P.R.; Wheeler, A.E., Standard enthalpy of formation of buckminsterfullerene, J. Phys. Chem., 1992, 96, 4731-4733. [all data]

Beckhaus, Verevkin, et al., 1994
Beckhaus, H.-D.; Verevkin, S.; Ruchardt, C.; Diederich, F.; Thilgen, C.; Meer, H.-U.; Mohn, H.; Muller, W., C₇₀ is more stable than C₆₀: experimental determination of the heat of formation of C₇₀, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 1994, 106, 996-998. [all data]

Diogo and Minas da Pledade, 1993
Diogo, H.P.; Minas da Pledade, M.E., Enthalpies of formation of buckminsterfullerene (C₆₀) and of the parent ions C⁺₆₀, C²⁺₆₀, C³⁺₆₀ and C^-₆₀, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 1993, 89, 3541-3544. [all data]

Kiyobayashi and Sakiyama, 1993
Kiyobayashi, T.; Sakiyama, M., Combustion calorimetric studies on C₆₀ and C₇₀, Fullerene Sci. Technol., 1993, 1, 269-273. [all data]

Beckhaus, Ruchardt, et al., 1992
Beckhaus, H.-D.; Ruchardt, C.; Kao, M.; Diederich, F.; Foote, C.S., Die stabilitat von buckminsterfulleren C₆₀: Experimentelle bestimmung der bildungswarme, Angew. Chem., 1992, 104, 69-70. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔfH°gas

  Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions

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