C60: Buckminsterfullerene

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/C60:_Buckminsterfullerene

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	mole allotrope of carbon
gptkbp:alternativeName	gptkb:fullerene-C60 gptkb:buckyball soccer ball molecule
gptkbp:band	sp2 hybridized carbon atoms
gptkbp:CASNumber	99685-96-8
gptkbp:category	gptkb:nanotechnology fullerene carbon molecule
gptkbp:chemicalFormula	gptkb:C60
gptkbp:color	black (solid)
gptkbp:crystalSystem	face-centered cubic
gptkbp:discoveredBy	gptkb:Richard_Smalley gptkb:Robert_Curl gptkb:Sean_O'Brien gptkb:Harry_Kroto gptkb:James_Heath
gptkbp:discoveredIn	1985
gptkbp:electronicProperties	gptkb:microprocessor
gptkbp:firstSynthesized	gptkb:Kroto,_Curl,_Smalley_team
gptkbp:foundIn	interstellar medium soot
gptkbp:hasInChIKey	XMWRBQBLMFGWIX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	C60: Buckminsterfullerene
gptkbp:isomerOf	gptkb:C70_fullerene
gptkbp:IUPACName	gptkb:(C60-Ih)[5,6]fullerene
gptkbp:magneticProperties	diamagnetic
gptkbp:meltingPoint	~600 °C (sublimes)
gptkbp:molecularWeight	720.66 g/mol
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Buckminster_Fuller
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear	gptkb:1996_Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry
gptkbp:numberOfCarbonAtoms	60
gptkbp:numberOfHexagons	20
gptkbp:numberOfPentagons	12
gptkbp:PubChem_CID	123591 CHEBI:33119
gptkbp:relatedTo	graphene carbon nanotubes carbon black
gptkbp:shape	gptkb:truncated_icosahedron
gptkbp:solubility	soluble in benzene soluble in toluene
gptkbp:symmetry	Ih
gptkbp:thermalStability	high
gptkbp:uses	gptkb:nanotechnology materials science organic photovoltaics medicine (research)
gptkbp:UVVisAbsorption	visible region
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Harold_Kroto
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5