Enthalpies of Formation of Nitrobuckminsterfullerenes: Extrapolation to Csub60/sub(NOsub2/sub)sub60/sub

Ryan M. Richard

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Abstract

As with polynitrocubanes, new high-energy materials will be the likely result of bonding multiple nitro groups to a buckminsterfullerene (C 60 ) backbone. Here, we present a series of semi-empirical calculations on nitrofullerenes of varying nitro content. Enough nitrofullerene molecules were calculated to allow an extrapolation to pernitrobuckminsterfullerene, or C 60 (NO 2 ) 60 .

Original languageAmerican English
JournalJournal of Molecular Structure - THEOCHEM
Volume858
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 15 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Nitrofullerenes; PM3 calculations; High-energy materials

Disciplines

  • Physical Chemistry

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