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The Stability of Buckminsterfullerene (C 60 ): Experimental Determination of the Heat of Formation
Author(s) -
Beckhaus HansDieter,
Rüchardt Christoph,
Kao Michelle,
Diederich François,
Foote Christopher S.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199200631
Subject(s) - buckminsterfullerene , standard enthalpy of formation , combustion , enthalpy , heat of combustion , chemistry , thermodynamics , standard enthalpy change of formation , fullerene , organic chemistry , physics
The standard enthalpy of formation of crystalline buckminsterfullerene (C 60 ) is 544.99 ± 1.35 kcalmol −1 which corresponds to 9.08 ± 0.02 kcalmol −1 per C atom. This follows from the calorimetric determination of the heat of combustion of extremely pure C 60 . Of the several theoretically predicted heats of formation, the value calculated with the MM3 force field (Δ H f 0 (g) = 570 kcalmol −1 ) shows the best agreement with the experimental data.