Numbering of Fullerenes (IUPAC Recommendations 2004)

3.1.5.

Systematic numbering for other fullerenes having at least one symmetry axis (Cn, n>1) and a contiguous helical numbering pathway determined on the basis of rules Fu-3.1.1 to Fu-3.1.4.

Continued from 3.1.4. Systematic numbering for (C48-C2)[5â6]fullerene


3.1.5. Systematic numbering for other fullerenes having at least one symmetry axis (Cn, n>1) and a contiguous helical numbering pathway determined on the basis of rules Fu-3.1.1 to Fu-3.1.4.

Fullerenes of this class do exist for which the application of Fu-3.1.1 to Fu-3.1.3 does not allow to distinguish among several contiguous helical numbering pathways. To solve this problem the additional rule Fu-3.1.4 has been adopted. The use of this new rule leads to numberings that in some cases are different from those obtained by CAS [ref 3]. Examples of fullerenes whose numbering requires application of Fu-3.1.4 are described below.


Reference for this section

3. A.L. Goodson, C.L. Gladys and D.E. Worst, J. Chem. Inf. Comp. Sci. 1995, 35, 969-978.


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