Energetics of the Stone–Wales pyracylene transformation

Abstract
Semiempirical and ab initio calculations show that the Stone–Wales (pyracylene) rearrangement of the chiral form of the C28 fullerene cage has a large activation energy [525 (PM3) or 664 (STO-3G) kJ mol–1] and proceeds via a totally asymmetric transition state.

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