Muonium adducts

Ceo and higher fullerenes are distinguished from other allotropes of carbon, diamond and graphite, in that they exist as discrete molecules. The spherical or ellipsoidal nature of the monotropes opens up the possibility of intriguing new areas of chemistry. Here we are only interested in the hydrogen (or muonium) adducts, although this study has important implications to the very vigorous and extensive research in fullerene chemistry. 

Previous calculations on CqoMu [11] have indicated that the distortion to the Ceo cage in the neighbourhood of the point of attachment is so localised that it can be well represented by allowing the positions of only six carbon atoms to relax. It is assmned here that the same will apply to muonium adducts of C70 and addition will take place according to process (1) at sites of unsaturation (Fig. 2a). 

Ab-initio calculations on muonium adducts of fullerenes T.A. Claxton... 

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