Symmetry of hydrogenated C60

✍ Scribed by Yihan Shao; Yuansheng Jiang

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 307 KB
• Volume: 242
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2614
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(95)00719-k

✦ Synopsis

A graphical concept, which we call 'spiral-like' paths, is applied to the discussion of the point group symmetries of hydrogenated C6o. It is established that the symmetry of a C6oHm isomer satisfies: (i) it is a subgroup of the I h group of the parent molecule; (ii) for a subgroup with one or more symmetry planes, its order is a factor of 2m; (iii) for a subgroup without symmetry planes, its order is a factor of m. All the possible symmetries of C6oHm are readily tabulated. 28 C1, C2,