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Icosahedral C60 revisited: An aromatic molecule with a vanishingly small ring current magnetic susceptibility

Cornell Affiliated Author(s)

Author

R.C. Haddon
V. Elser

Abstract

In a previous publication we conclude that: "Although planar aromatic hydrocarbons and graphite have provided appropriate points of analogy for the π-electron energy structure of C60, it is clear that the magnetic response of C60 is unlike that of any other molecule yet encountered". In a recent Letter, Fowler, Lazzeretti and Zanasi (FLZ), report ab initio calculations on the magnetic susceptibility of icosahedral C60. FLZ conclude that C60 possesses "... the strong diamagnetism expected of an aromatic system". The validity of this conclusion is addressed in the present note and it is shown that magnetic susceptibility of C60 is incompatible with its description as a normal aromatic molecule. © 1990.

Date Published

Journal

Chemical Physics Letters

Volume

169

Issue

4

Number of Pages

362-364,

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0001324026&doi=10.1016%2f0009-2614%2890%2985217-Z&partnerID=40&md5=53179b5d0c0745175c9eedaee3bca3b2

DOI

10.1016/0009-2614(90)85217-Z

Group (Lab)

Veit Elser Group

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