Fullerenes of the Δn=6 series

Abstract

Fusion reactions of clusters and cupola half-fullerenes C4, C6 C7, C9, C10, C12, C15, C18, C20 and C24 with each other are considered on the basis of Arrhenius’s postulate. It means that at first there forms an intermediate compound and only afterwards a usual chemical reaction is going on. The final structure of fullerenes is obtained with the help of geometric modeling and is optimized through the use of Avogadro package. In general, the fullerenes which tend to take the appearance of a perfect spheroid have lesser formation energy. However, in some case self-organization of unshared electron pairs prevails.