On functionalized fullerenes C ₆₀ X _n

摘要

Optimal configurations of functionalized fullerenes C ₆₀ X _n for n = 2, 4, 6, 8 have been determined by application of three topological stability measures. It has been found that the optimal configurations with higher n contain optimal configurations with lower values of n. Two stability measures prefer configurations in which functional groups Xs are crowded while the third one points to configurations with isolated pairs of Xs.