The evolution of the football structure for the C60 molecule: a retrospective
Authors:
- H. W. KrotoHKH. W. Kroto
- P. W. FowlerPFP. W. Fowler
- E. WassermanEWE. Wasserman
- 15 April 1993
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions A
- Vol. 343 (1667) , 1-8
Abstract
By chance in 1970, we conjectured the possibility of the football-shaped C$_{60}$ molecule, now known as buckminsterfullerene, while considering superaromatic molecules having three-dimensional $\pi $-electron delocalization. A translation of the original description, initially written in Japanese, is given. The processes leading to scientific discoveries are analysed in the light of our missed opportunity.Keywords
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