New Isomerization Mechanisms for Fullerenes
- 1 November 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Fullerene Science and Technology
- Vol. 6 (6) , 1037-1055
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10641229809350254
Abstract
There are proposed two classes of isomerization transformations for fullerene graphs: rotation and mirror reflection of the chosen part of the graph. An algorithm for generation of extended isomerization maps is developed. The algorithm is applied to C40 fullerene as an example.Keywords
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