ISSN:
0192-8651
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
;
Biochemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Computer Science
Notes:
The enumeration of all 60-atom carbon cages associated to trivalent polyhedra with five-and six-sided faces is addressed. This isomer problem is computationally solved to give 1790 cages, with a further resolution into subclasses of cages with differing numbers p of abutting pairs of pentagonal faces. The individual cages are generated, and then there are computed various graph-theoretic invariants, including Hückel MO energies, HOMO-LUMO gaps, Kekulé structure counts, and conjugated-circuit counts. Associated properties as a function of p are reported and found to be in concert with earlier qualitative arguments. It is found that the most stable of these cages is the unqiue p = 0 Buckminsterfullerene structure.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcc.540121015
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